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INDEX

Chelsea State Bank tooffer financial course

for students

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INSIDEResident speaks out onSylvans second millage

attempt

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INSIDE

By Danny ShawHeritage Media

Chelsea City Councilagreed to table a recommen-dation to give an additional$2,000 each to the ChelseaSenior Center and ChelseaRecreation at its regularTuesday meeting.

The budget amend-ment was proposed byCouncilmember KentMartinez-Kratz, but his col-leagues agreed they needto see more detail on wherethe extra funds will go,especially when the city ispenny-pinching already.

We havent updated anyof our contributions towardthe senior center or therecreation department inmany years, roughly fiveyears I believe, Martinez-Kratz said, who also sits onthe recreation board. Justfrom a recreation stand-

point, Id say its importantto increase the funding fromthe $10,000 to $12,000.

Martinez-Kratz said therecreation department

By Danny ShawHeritage Media

Chelsea City Councilmembers took part intwo firsts at their regularTuesday meeting this week

they convened in theirnew chambers and sworein their newest councilmember.

The council chambers isin the new Chelsea PoliceDepartment at 311 S. MainSt., where City ManagerJohn Hanifan said policepersonnel will be moved in

by the end of July.Its great to be here in

our first meeting in ournew building, Hanifansaid. Its a great, practi-cal building built by great,practical people for a prac-tical city government. Itsrewarding to be here.

By the end of August,council meetings will belive-streamed to Channel18, the citys cable channel,Hanifan added.

The 6,600 square-footbuilding will be the perma-nent headquarters for the

departments 12 full-timeemployees. The buildingis also implemented withseveral energy-conserv-ing features, includingoccupancy sensors, LEDlight fixtures and EnergyStar-compliant mechanicalsystems.

As for the newestmember of the ChelseaCity Council, MarciaWhite Parker was swornin after being selected atthe end of June to fill BillHolmbergs seat. Parkerwill fill out Holmbergs

term, which is untilNovember 2015.

Holmberg moved toLyndon Township in April,making him ineligible tostay on the council. Parkerwas one of six candidatesinterviewed for the posi-tion.

Its pretty amazing tobe up here, Parker said,who was been activelyinvolved with Chelseafor nearly 30 years. Imthrilled to be doing thisand Im thrilled I was cho-sen.

Marcia Parker White sworn in at new chambers

Fundingtabled forrecreationseniorcenter

Hospital closes day care facility

PLEASE SEE FUNDING/3-A

By Amy BellHeritage Media

Chelsea CommunityHospital decided recentlyto close its Childrens DayCare facility much to theshock and outrage of manyparents.

In a letter dated July 11,hospital president and CEONancy Graebner notifiedparents of the closure,stating is due to program

costs and the hospitalrefocusing its mission onproviding health care to the

communities it serves. Thehospital has entered intoa management agreementwith Gretchens House, achildcare provider withlocations in Ann Arbor.

The day care facilitysemployees provided for 48children in its programsfor infants, toddlers andpreschool children as well

as 100 children in its school-age program, and opened 35years ago.

This was a difficultdecision for ChelseaCommunity Hospital tomake, and was not takenlightly, Graebner said.We sought many avenuesto continue all of thechild care in its currentcapacity, but in the end, aviable solution could not befound.

The school-age programwill continue under theownership and manage-

ment of Gretchens House.This should be a seam-less transition for ourchildren and parents, shesaid.

Graebner said they arepleased that GretchensHouse has offered allfamilies an opportunity totransition into one of theirprograms at the same rate.

Parents are expressingfrustration with the clo-sure of the facility, mainly

because they were notasked for input before thedecision was made.

The way they wentabout this was just wrong,said Dania Dunlap-Hurden,whose toddler and pre-school-aged children arecared for at the facility.I think that what should

Bill Darwin and John Pappas take a breather during a croquet game in Waterloo.

By Sheila PursgloveSpecial Writer

Bill Darwins Waterloo Croquet Club, and his antiqueslot machine business, were featured in a recent epi-sode of Destination Michigan on public television,produced by WCMU, after his friend and customer BobGarner, longtime host of Michigan Outdoors TV show,suggested the idea to producer Courtney Brooks. Thatepisode of Destination Michigan began airing June25.

Darwin and his wife, Marsi, also introduced the TVcrew to the Waterloo Farm Museum, where the couplemet 24 years ago. The show reporting the museums 50th

anniversary will air later this year.When Darwin moved to Waterloo from Ann Arbor

three decades ago, he created a 50-by-100 foot croquetcourt in front of his studio. The Waterloo Area CroquetAssociation was formed in 1994, changing to theWaterloo Croquet Club in 2004 when Darwin built thenew court. A clubhouse was built in 1999.

The court is similar to a golfing green with a closelycropped lawn. At 14,000 square feet, it can be used as two

small courts for league play or as an official size 105-by-84-foot court. The court is irrigated and lighted fornight play. Players dress in white and adhere to USCA

Waterloo croquet featured on TV series

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