text: Clarmont introduces new corrections deputy
  CHEBOYGAN COUNTY — Cheboygan County Sheriff Dale Clarmont introduced his newest Corrections Deputy, Zach O'Henley at the Cheboygan County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday morning.
  O'Henley was recently hired with the department to fill the vacancy created when long time Corrections Deputy Mike Raymus retired at the end of May.
  "Commissioners, while I have the stand here, I will also take this opportunity to introduce Mike's replacement," said Clarmont, after awarding Raymus his certificate of retirement. "Zach O'Henley. Zach is a Cheboygan man."
  O'Henley was born and raised in the Cheboygan County area, with his family living outside of Afton. His father, Dan, is the Director of the Cheboygan County Recycling Program and is a big part of the Cheboygan County Fair each year.
  After graduating from college, having been on the Dean's List multiple times, O'Henley returned to the Cheboygan area and applied to the sheriff's department when the position came available.
  "He competed for the position in the corrections division and he was the chosen one," said Clarmont. "He has been doing the job now since the first of June and he has been doing an outstanding job."
  Clarmont said he knows O'Henley's family, his mom and dad, personally, and they have joked around with Clarmont that if he has any problems with O'Henley, he just has to carry a big stick.
  "No, Zach has done an outstanding job. He competed for the position. Because of his credentials, because of his background, because of his work ethic, he was the one that was chosen," said Clarmont. "And he has done an outstanding job for our county. Hopefully, in 20 some years, some other sheriff will be up here, saying congratulations."
  O'Henley has been very active in the community since a young age. When he was a teenager, he attended Cheboygan Area Schools and would race cars at Onaway Speedway on the weekends during the summer, from Memorial Day to Labor Day. He drove in both the pure stock series, as well as in the four cylinder division, and super sport mods, doing very well in the races.
  He also played multiple sports while in high school, but automotive and racing was always his passion.
  From the age of 15, or even younger, he planned on going to the University of Northern Ohio, to study high performance motor sports, which is exactly what he did when he graduated from Cheboygan Schools.
  After graduating from The University of Northern Ohio, O'Henley went to work for Wheeler Motors in Cheboygan, before taking the position at the sheriff's department.
  Dan O'Henley has been on the Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department Dive Team and Search and Rescue Team for the last 19 years.
  "Zach has pretty much grown up around the deputies, so I think he's always had an interest in it," said Dan O'Henley. "Then, here at Christmas time, he told Mary (his mom) and me, you know, I've decided I'm not moving away. I've been gone for two years and there's more to life than money and never being home."
  Zach O'Henley told his parents that he wanted to live in Northern Michigan and take up a career in law enforcement.
  "And hey, we couldn't be prouder," said Dan O'Henley. "We've actually been blessed with two great children. My daughter is probably the best mother I have ever seen. So, we're just proud."
  Patrick Charboneau, Zach O'Henley's uncle, also just retired recently from the sheriff's department, after serving many years with the department in multiple positions, including bailiff.
  "We're just proud," said Dan O'Henley. "We're proud that he's going to carry on and maybe I'll make 20 years and then I will get out his way. I didn't even realize I had been on the dive team, I helped build the search and rescue before that. Sheriff told me that when Zach got sworn in that 19 years I've been there on the dive team and recovery, search and rescue. So that's pretty cool."
  The family is happy to have Zach back home and they are very proud that he is following in his family's footsteps with the sheriff's department.
  "I think that he's working with a great department. And I am glad that he got to serve under Dale for a short time," said Dan O'Henley.