One year ago this summer, nine city of Clare police officers put their heads together and discussed the up and coming closure of a 100 year old bakery that has been a city land mark. The original nine did not want to see a store front vacant on their beloved cities main street, so they discussed taking a chance and investing their money and purchase the store and to continue it as a bakery. This involved nine officers taking hard earned money from their families and personal retirement funds and this involved them taking off their blue uniforms after their shifts and putting on a white apron and baker’s hat.

Any police officer who has worked at Clare PD always remembers their employment with warm memories, the police department and the citizens have always supported each other. There seems to be a sense of trust for each other. For the Grand Opening last year, the original nine made contact with and invited retired chief of police, and all but one made the event, also one came from the East Coast.

Good feelings continue to grow between the citizens and the police department, and now with the success of their enterprise know as Cops and Doughnuts, the original nine have seemed to hit it off many people outside their fair city.

My guess is, few if any will ever leave the City of Clare, because it is what they say, “CLARE THE ORIGINAL NINE CALL HOME”.

My hat goes off to the original nine for a job well done not only for your own personal investments and your family’s sacrifice, but the investments in your city of Clare.