During my tenure as a Probate and Family Court Judge, I was occasionally asked to speak to various organizations. Delinquency, abuse, and neglect are all topics of perpetual interest in any caring community.

In preparation for these appearances, I would update a chart I had previously prepared tracking the incidence of delinquency in Alpena County. I was elected to the judgeship in 1983, a position I held for 24 years. My presentations spanned a period from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s

In the 1960-61 school year, Alpena Public Schools had a student population of 3,233. Ten years later, in 1970-71, that population had grown by 162% to 8,475–an increase of over 5,000 students.

This school-age population surge consisted of two primary components: first, the last of the baby boomers born

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