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Battle Creek Enquirer from Battle Creek, Michigan • Page 4

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4A STATE Friday, Nov. 27, 1992 Battle Creek Enquirer Old friends discover they're related "We still just look at each other and laugh. Now I have a brother I like." April Kersjes, recently found brother actually band and Kersjes got along well And everyone noticed how Kersjes' son, Ben, and Mike had look-alike noses. The truth behind the relationship, meanwhile, was buried in Shiawassee County court records. In early October, Kersjes was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and wondered if she'd been born with other potential medical problems.

She learned from court records that her birth name was Brown and that she had a brother who was a year older than her. Kersjes told her friend Deb Galloway, who told her husband, who said his birth name also was Brown. Galloway and Kersjes met the next morning to compare birth dates and other notes on their backgrounds. They found they had plenty in common, Deb said so much that "at one point, they just looked at each other in awe." That same day, they went to the courthouse, signed the necessary release forms and confirmed that they are brother and sister. "We've all been walking around in a daze," Deb Galloway said.

Kersjes attended Ovid-Elsie High School, met Deb Irish and struck up a friendship that lasted beyond school. In 1984, Irish met Galloway and eventually married him. Kersjes also married. The friendship between the two women extended to their families. Deb Galloway noticed that her hus 'Aunt April' I think I could get used to that" Galloway was 18 months old and Kersjes was 6 months old when they were removed from their neglectful home 30 years ago.

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"We still just look at each other and laugh. Now I have a brother I like," said Kersjes, a nursing home aide. "I have a sister-in-law. I have a niece. Your Choice! Handsome 12" 12" patterns or elegant oak plank, NOP.V eHT HO.HTERESTUHT.L I 1 Sfc.

Wf.i PPfjJ I aGjCDi fn Reg all 6 people die in holiday accidents Two men who were killed when their cars collided head-on in Montcalm County were among at least six people who have died in Thanksgiving holiday weekend traffic accidents in Michigan, state police said today. In one accidet, Paul A. Diehl, 32, of Comstock Park and Calvin Smith, 36, of Walker were killed in a crash at 3:30 ajn. Thursday in Reynolds Township. Both wore seat belts.

The Thanksgiving Day weekend runs from 6 jn. Wednesday until midnight Sunday. Improper donations won't hurt schools EAST LANSING Michigan State and Wayne State universities won't be punished for making improper donations to political campaigns in 1986 and 1990, the state has ruled. Common Cause filed a complaint against the universities and the Grand Rapids Public Schools in August after officials said they received extra pay so they could contribute to political campaigns. Michigan State made $10,590 in donations in the 1986 and 1990 election campaigns.

Public institutions are forbidden to contribute to political campaigns. After the complaint, the universities stopped paying the supplements, thus complying with state laws, said Anne Corgan, attorney for the Secretary of State compliance division. Lansing mayor says he'll retire soon LANSING Mayor Terry McKane has announced he is taking an early retirement under a sweetened program he helped pass in ApriL McKane, 51, has been mayor for II years. He said Wednesday that he would resign Dec. 29, with one year left in his third four-year term.

The early retirement plan, passed in April, would raise McKane's pension by about $11,000 to nearly $52,000 a year, the Lansing State Journal reported Thursday. Adrian students will reap rewards ADRIAN Sixty-seven Adrian High School students have signed up for a program that rewards them for promising to avoid drugs and alcohol The Winners' Circle program gives the students discounts or free merchandise from businesses and tickets to sports events and movies. "It takes a lot of courage to be the first drug-free group. It takes a little bit more to be pro-active about this to be a role model to peers," said Anne Jameson, coordinator of a chemical health program for the Adrian Public Schools. Students first went through educational sessions in which they learned about the effects of alcohol and drugs, then were asked if they wanted to sign contracts agreeing to abstain.

III congressman surprises his church GRAND RAPIDS U.S. Rep. Paul Henry, diagnosed with brain cancer last month, surprised even Mayflower Church officials when he showed up to read the opening Thanksgiving Day proclamation. "This particular service is part of our Thanksgiving tradition, Henry told WZZM-TV after the morning services. "If we missed this, it wouldn't feel like Thanks giving to us.

It was Henry's first public ap pearance since the 50-year-old Re publican was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Alter com plaining of headaches, doctors at Butterworth Hospital removed most of a malignant 3-inch tumor from his right frontal lobe on Oct 21. He is to begin radiation and chemotherapy next week. Experts say the average survival time for people with Henry's type of brain cancer is 12-14 months, with fewer than 5 percent surviv ing five years. City offers millions in accident settlement DETROIT The family of a Detroit man fatally shot by a police officer after a 1987 traffic stop will get $4.2 million in a settlement ap-oroved by the City Council.

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