1969-12-11; Saline Reporter

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Voi. 21, No. 14. — Thursday, December 11, 1969
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rts, Crafts^ and Animal Skins
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ond Issue Won't Cover
ewer Plant Expansion
New State Regulations Raise Construction Costs
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PRESERVING THE PAST by
of  Taylor   Jacobssu's  advanced
modern methods,  one Johnston,- captures the atmosphere of an ancient house
art   students,   Nancy in a latter day medium called "acrylic".
(See Story on Page 3)
The $640,000 bond issue approved by Saline voters
last year for local sewer plant expansion isn't enough
to do the job.
It was,  until new Water Resources  Commission  re-
* quirements" hiked the estimated construction cost to
$854,825, including two interceptor sewer lines that the
bond issue was intended to cover.
After months of discussion with city officials, the WRC
rejected Saline's request for a building permit because
it did not include plans for "tertiary" (third stage)
treatment, which had not previously been required.
The  rejection  leaves   Saline  with  few   alternatives:
seek state and federal aid, do part of the job, or do
nothing at all. Application for aid was made last week.
Council learned this week that Saline .has been assigned
: a priority "point total" of 21, which may. or may not
; be high enough to receive the needed funds. The allot-
. ment of funds for water pollution control  is still in
, the hazy stages: the Water Resources Commission will
' propose a list of recipient communities to the Legis-
" lature by Jan. 15, and approval of the list is automatic
unless the Legislature takes action to alter it within ,45
* days. '       v
If Saline is on the "Jan. 15 list, chances of receiving
aid for the sewer plant addition are excellent. If it
isn't, chances are virtually non-existent and, said City
Administrator Mike Strait, "We'll have to consider alternatives."
One possibility is  to  use  the  bond issue  money  to
construct the interceptor sewers without adding to the
treatment plant. One of the interceptors is intended to
i relieve flooding on the north side of the city in the
SCHOOLS OFFER ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
Concerts of Christmas music are scheduled this weekr
and next, at all. four Saline-schools. Other special events
are also planned at the elementary schools.
The High School concert, featuring chorus and band,
opened at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dee. 10; and the Junior
High, band concert is scheduled at 8 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 18, at the school.,".
t,*-. ■,■•' y&^^&bm*'arQiin& the world will be featured at-the .
Jensen School concert, by the chorus and the High
School brass ensemble. Miss Margaret Phillips will
direct the chorus of 5th and 6th graders, and Janet
Livingstone will be the accompanist. ' .   .,
Each room at Jensen will also have its own gift
exchange, on Friday, Dec. 19, just before the Christmas
holiday begins.
In the concert at Houghton School, the 5th and 6th
grade choirs will be directed by Mrs. Doris Kraushaar,
and the band, will be directed by Malcolm Danforth. The
event,is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, with
a dress rehearsal at 2:15 p.m. that day.
Houghton School parents are also invited to daytime
.programs in the gym on Thursday, Dec 18. Youngsters
of the 1st and 2nd grades will present their program at
9:30 a.m.;  3rd and 4th graders, will perform at 1:45.
Ann Arbor St., Russell and McKay area. The other, on
the south side of the city, would relieve flooding-
around S. Harris St.
Since the presetit sewage treatment plant is already
operating at its full design capacity, the city might be
placed under state order to expand its facilities  but, .
said Mayor Hugh Keveling,  "That might not  be for '
years,   yet."  A  court   order would   automatically  add
enough priority points to obtain aid.
Since the plant expansion can't be constructed without state aid, the city has asked the Michigan Finance
Commission for permission to bond for only $425,000,
$215,000 less than the amount approved by the voters.
The remainder of the $854,825 will come (if it does)
from the state bond issue for pollution control ($194,375)
and federal funds ($234,450), to cover the addition to
the treatment plant, the interceptors, and land needed
for disposal of sludge.
The required tertiary treatment of sewage would filter
out even very fine particles and make the water "almost
drinkable, if anybody wanted to", said Strait. Detergents are removed in secondary treatment. WRC's new
, standards for all state rivers would make the Saline.
River, below, the treatment plant, suitable for "partial body contact", i. e. for fishing and wading, but not
swimming.
Mayor Keveling, Strait, and Jack Craigmile, of Ayres,
Lewis, Norris & May, engineering firm, have made
numerous trips to Lansing to propose that the tertiary
treatment facilities not be required xintiVwe find out
if they're- needed". Said Strait, "We may be over-designing. We don't know. But there's nothing we can do about
it."
• With more than 50 communities (including Detroit)
applying for assistance, nobody is sure how far Saline's 21 points will stretch, but engineers and city officials believe it may be one of the higher priorities. The
points afe given for cost and debt obligation per capita
(15, here); esthetic value (2) ; public health (2) ; water
supply for wild animals (2); and court order (none yet).
The expansion is designed to provide facilities for a
city population equivalent of 12,000 . . .. about 10,000
people plus comnierce and industry.
Decoration Thieves to be Trimmed
Holiday decoration thieves are at it again ... it happens every year . . . and fiolice this week warned that
arrests ..'Twill- be followed through with prosecution if
possible". ,"
At least four such, larcenies have occurred here within
the past few days," three of them on Monday night. The
missing-item's include holiday lights and figures removed frbm^home decorations, and one Christmas tree
taken from Murphy's Market.
RHODESIAN NATIVE STORIES,' slides, and films
about animals, people, and the countryside of Rhodesia,
thrilled Jensen students in the recent visit by George
Dee, a missionary who has lived in South Africa for
A REAL LEOPARD SKIN, with bullet hole, draws
"oh's" and "ah's" from Jensen students who heard an
illustrated talk by Missionary George Dee.
RECORD 30 PAGES ....
In compliance with a contract with the county, The
Reporter this- week is publishing 18-plus pages of 'minutes of 1969 Board of Supervisors' meetings. In years
Past, the proceedings have been covered in smaller
"takes" than this, but a drastic and continuing shortage
°f qualified printers this year has made it impossible
to handle in such a fashion. The help situation has improved considerably, in recent- weeks, and consequently
^e're making all efforts to catch up before yea-r's. end.
All Reporter staffers hope the day i^n't far off when
°«r readers will get 30 pages with news in each- issue.
Meanwhile, this, week, the regular news and local ads
will be found in the front and back sections'of the paper.
about 10 year*.. He displayed native implements and arts,
and animal pelts, horns, and hooves for the fascinated
Saline youngsters.
Mr. Dee will soon Teturnto the Vashona tribe of the
Bantu nation for another five-year assignment. With him
will be his wife, a graduate nurse Who will work at a
clinic there, and their three children.
SANTA TO ARRIVE
HERE THIS SATURDAY
Everything's all set for Santa's first visit to Saline,
from 1 to 3 p.m. this Saturday.
The jolly old gent will set up headquarters in tlie'
' Community Ford Sales showroom, where even the new
autos will be moved out in order-to provide plenty of
room for visiting children and their parents.
Expecting an even larger crowd than his visit drew
last year, Santa has sent ahead 30 cases of candy canes
for the event, through the Civitan Club, which also put up
the city Christmas decorations. "Inside man" is Paul
Sibson, former Chamber of Commerce president.
To be sure that no tot gets lost, strayed, or overlooked all children should be accompanied by their parents,
urged Dave Potter, of Community Ford. •
Santa's second visit to the city will also begin at the
Community Ford showroom, at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20.
At 2 p.m., Santa will saunter across the street to the
Junior High School gym, where the Eawariis Club will,
host Its annual cartoon .movie party for children from
2 to 3 pm. ".
Letters to Santa can still be mailed in the bright red
Santa mailbox at the .main corner downtown . . but
Salinians are. advised not to mail letters-to-elsewhere
in the corner box. Expediters for Santa's mail are Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Parsons," who have already found . . .
as happens every year . . . some U. S. mail in the box.
The Santa mailbox is not connected with the Posted
Department in any way.
Great Books Leaders' Class Open
A Junior Great Books leadership training course will
be held in Saline, and there are still openings in the
class, for 10 more potential leaders.
The Junior Great Books program, sponsored here by
the Friends of the Library in cooperation with.Houghton
and Jensen PTO- groups, will introduce children in
grades three through six to great books.
-The youngsters can begin meeting next October for
discussions of carefully selected classics, if enough
leaders are trained in the upcoming course. -Two leaders
are required for each group of no more than 14 children. •
So  far,   35  local  persons  have  signed  up  for  the
leadership training course, which will be held in Sal-'
ine for eight weeks, from" 7 to 9 p.m. each Monday,
,  starting Jan. 19. There is-a fee of $8.50 for the training
materials.
Since the first sessions of. the course cannot be omitted,
anyone interested in leading a Junior Great Books group
is urged to register immediately, by calling Mrs. Don
Jaeger, 429-9892, or Mrs. W. C. Vander Yacht, 429-4485.
ROTARIANS TO ENTERTAIN WIVES
A program by members of the Junior High Opera
of Ann Arfciqr is on the agenda for the Rotary Club
Ladies Night dinner, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, at Leutheuser's Restaurant.
Local Girls To Dance
In Christmas Ballet
Three Saline young women, students of Mary Lou Gall,
will dance in the Children's Christmas Ballet to.be presented by the Greater Ypsilanti Area Dancers, next weekend. '      V    .
Two performances^ are scheduled: at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20, at
Willow Run High School.
The local dancers are Wendy Wiedmayer, 16, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick O. Wiedmayer of Pleasant
Lake Rd.; and Kathy, 16, and Sandra Dieterle, 13,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dieterle of Henry
St. The ballet will include excerpts from the Nutcracker
Suite; Wendy and Kathy are featured in the Waltz of the
Flowers'section.
The ballet is sponsored by the Salvation Army, to raise
■funds for the organization's capital building fund. Tickets, at $1 for adults and 50 cents for children, are available from Mrs. Gall, 429-7139.
SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER TO SPEAK
Miss Donna Van Raaphorst, head of the SaUne secondary schools social Studies department, was to speaik at
the Board of Education meeting Wednesday evening,
on "what the social studies classes are studying in the
area of recognizing minority group contributions to
society." •
Jaycees Announce Home
Decorating Contest Here
The annual Christmas Decorating Contest, sponsored
by Saline Jaycees, will- be held again this year; and
judging will be held on Dec. 23. .Trophies will be awarded for originality, good taste, and amount of effort
put into the decorations in three categories: residences,
apartments, arid business and industry.      '
Mrs. Crossey Named "Outstanding
Mrs. Michael (Lucy) Crossey, of 231 Willis Rd.,-was
named as "Outstanding Young Woman" at a meeting
of the Saline Jaycee Auxiliary Tuesday night. Her name
will be submitted as the local nominee for the Michigan
Jaycee Auxiliary choice of "Four Outstanding Young
Women". .   .
Mrs. Crossey, One of five contestants for the local citation^ was nominated by the Welcome Wagon Club, of
which she is an active member.
,She is the mother of fiy«i children. She is "also a Girl
Scout* leader; serves as the .Saline Play Center liaison
- to the Girl ScqutSj and,is a member of the Concerned
Citizens Advisory Committee for Girl Scouts, .the Amer-
ean Association of University Women (Wyandotte's
downriver branch), and St. Andrew's Altar Society.
She has served for the Southgate United Fund. She enjoys camping with her family, sews, and likes to play
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