To the Journal editor:

My grandfather, Michael Lenten, is a man of great humbleness and love for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and his family. Michael Lenten served in Vietnam and fathered and raised children in Negaunee.

When I was born in 2001, my grandfather babysat me almost everyday until my parents got home. Me and my grandfather; Michael Lenten were basically best friends from the start.

When I moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2004, I never realized that my grandfather who lived 368 miles away could have such a love for me so far away. We still are close and I visit my grandfather once a week.

My grandfather who isn’t only a veteran but, a former school board member and prison guard. I’m encouraging my grandfather Michael Lenten to run for Negaunee City Council. Negaunee you have never seen a man so interested and in love with Negaunee.

I encourage you to vote for Michael Lenten if he does decide to run because Michael Lenten will never turn his back on the city he loves Negaunee.

Matthew Haile

Cedar Rapids, Iowa