1969-12-18; Saline Reporter

              Vol. 21, yo. 15 — Thursday, December 18, 1969
10c COPY - S3 YEAR
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TWELVE NIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS now grace the
showroom windows at Community Ford Sales', through
the good auspices of high school art students. The young
artists (only a few appear above) have more fun than,
anybody except Dave Potter. The decorating session
is  turning  out to  be  a tradition here,  twice  a year.
Pesticide Study Planned
At Hatchery Here
The Department of _ Natural Resources and the University of Michigan will begin a two - year study of   _
the effect of pesticides  Ori  fish,  here,  next summer. J
Six test streams will be built in< the old mill race
at the Saline Fisheries, Research Station on Saline- -
Milan Rd. They will be stocked, in the autumn, with
fathead minnows and yellow perch and then "fed"
with different levels of Methoxychlor, the pesticide
commonly used to replace DDT and to control Dutch
elm disease. (The city used Methoxychlor one summer, three years ago, but has not sprayed for Dutch
elm disease since that time because there are no longer enough affected trees to warrant the measure.)
The study at the Research Station, which is expected to take two» years in order to determine' long-
range effects, will center on what impact the pesticide may, have on reproduction, growth,. and fertility
of the fish. The amount of pesticide used will be far
below the amount that will kill fish, according to
Ecology   and  Water   Quality  specialist   James  Merna.
If it is necessary to protect 'the ecology of the Saline
River below the test streams, the Methoxychlor can
easily be filtered from the water before that point by
running it  through  charcoal,  Merna  said.
- Saline's controversial 6n-street parking issue was postponed until June, on a motion from the mayor at Monday's council meeting.
Mayor Hugh Keveling presented the motion immediately after the meeting was called to order and before' it
could get hot . . . and, as soon as the motion was passed,
gavelled down the subject which showed signs of getting
hot anyway.
The audience of about 28 people included Mr. and Mrs.
James .Knight, Sr., of W. Henry St., owners of what is
said to be the only house in town withqut a driveway ...
and no room on the lot to install one . . . and their, attorney. The latter spoke only once, to ask whether there
would be an opportunity before the June meeting "to
discuss this." There is no law requiring a public hearing
on a traffic control order, City Attorney Grossman noted.
Ordinance No. 213, which was passed in October, did
not set up any parking regulations. It merely allowed
the city to do so, on order of the police department,
( without posting every street in town. Under the ordinance, signs posted at the corporate limits of the city will
be sufficient.
Details of the proposed regulations were worked out by
Council at a meeting last Monday, but no action was taken on them. The proposed traffic control order would
- prohibit parking any vehicle on any public street in the
city between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. except Sundays, Memorial
Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and
.: New Year's.
• Permits to park on the street for special occasions could
be* obtained (in writing) from the police department, upon written application. The Knights objected to, among
other things, the fact that the car's'license number would
• be required for the permit.
They also objected to the proposal that all public
streets, between 2 and 6 a.m., would be" designated as
"tow-away.zones," and that no city official could say how
• much the tow charge would be pr even where towed cars
would be impounded.
v The proposed control order also contained the provision
that "parking between said hours in special hardship
, cases may be permitted by resolution of the Saline City
Council up to June 1, 1970, upon request . . ."
The June 1 date was' chosen, Mayor Keveling said, to
aHo'w residents- -without' sufficient 'driveway room to construct more, or to make "curb cuts" to allow lawn parking if necessary. He moved that the entire issue be tabled
until the first regular council meeting in "June because
"people that would put in asphalt or concrete drives can't
do it in the winter." They would still, have six months
after June if the control order is issued, he said today.
Although the Knight's home is believed to be the only
one in Saline without a driveway, many residents have
more cars than their driveway space can accomodate.
"The Chief (of police) expects from 100 to 145 requests
for permits," Mayor Keveling said.
The "no on-street parking provision" is in effect in "40
or 50 other Michigan communities which have adopted
the Uniform Traffic Code," Councilman George Johnson
said.
A Canterbury Dr. resident said she didn't want to "play
musical cars"; and two other members of the audience
were waving their hands to be recognized when the gavel
closed the subject.
In another verbal set-to, Lawrence Slepsky, of Highland Dr., asked that the city plant another tree in his
lawn extension. The city has planted three there previously, and all three have died. When Slepsky became
irate, the meeting was adjourned without further action
because of the uproar.
Survey Shows SCS Aid
Not Available for D<
A Soil Conservation Service review of the Saline
River Watershed is - from the point of view of rebuilding the Sahne dam - a washout.
According to Clark Eacker, District .Conservationist
for. Washtenaw County, "it would appear that the cost-
benefit ratio is not sufficient for it to qualify" for assistance under the Soil Conservation Service "small
watershed program," under Public Law 566.
In other words, results of the months - long survey
indicate that the amount of damage, and the cost of
repairing it, far outweigh the agricultural value of rebuilding the dam.
The Soil Conservation Service conducted two inter-
county meetings last week, one in Dundee and one in
Milan, to report to concerned communities on the results of the survey. Saline officials were among the,
55 Washtenaw county, city, and township officials invited; but none attended from Saline because of a
previously - scheduled council work meeting.
Said Eacker: "We hoped that by inviting other officials, we could explore other possibilities for using
other sources ... to see if there are other things
that could be done." One suggestion that emerged
from the session was possible use of River Management Act No. 253, under which the Huron River Watershed Council was set up. But no action was taken on
the - suggestion.        ~
Present at, the meeting from this area were Orin
'Girbach of Saline Township;'a representative pf the
Washtenaw County Soil Conservation District; Eleanor
Ross, Saline Township; John. Lather, conservationist
with the SCS; Elton Bredernitz, Lodi Township; Sam
Morgan, Pittsfield Township; and John McMullen and
Mike Sheehan, of the" Teamsters Recreation Center
at  Saline Valley Farms.
Concerning the'now - vanished possibility that the
SCS survey might produce a way to finance repair
of the- Saline dam, City Administrator Mike Strait
said: "As far as we know, that's the last possibility
for obtaining outside aid. We've investigated all the
others."
Other agencies contacted since the dam went out,
18 months ago, have ranged all the way from the
Army Engineers to the Farmer's Home Administration; but the millpond failed to qualify either for recreational purposes or "holding" use for flood control.
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IflAtfBE HE'S A GREAT l'iJYIi'KIN FAN? In any case,
the infant above did. not take kindly to Santa's scratchy
whiskers and way-out suit, being too young to know
where the Christmas goodies come from. Nearly 200 other children, however, thought Santa was wonderful, in
the old gent's first Salirie visit this season, Saturday.
SANTA VISIT, CARTOON MOVIE
SLATED FOR'CBILBEEN SAT,
Another visit from Santa Claus and an hour-long cartoon
movie show are on the schedule for Saline area children on
Saturday.
Santa, who spoke with more than 200 youngsters (and
their parents) Saturday at Community Ford Sales, will be
there again at 1 p.m. this Saturday. At 2 p.m. he will stroll
across the street to the Junior High School- gym, where the
movies will be shown.
The Christmas Cartoon Show is sponsored for area children every year by the Kiwanis Club of Saline. There is no admission charge for the show, which lasts about an hour.
Christmas goodies are also provided for the youngsters.;
SONING ORDINANCE  AMENDED
City Council Monday night approved an amendment
to the zoning ordinance which was recommended by
the city planning commission after a study of population density in residential areas. The amendment
slightly alters requirements for lot sizes and floor
space in new homes to provide more living  area.
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Recount Cost $291. Plus
The recent recount of the City Council election has
cost the city $291.60,   so far.
The amount represents $248.10 for the county Board
of Canvassers and stenographer, and $43.50 for the
city election inspectors, whose presence at the recount
was required by law. No bill has been received as yet
from the representative" of Doubleday Co. who was
Present to advise election officials on the. function of
the machines. .
AZA Invited to Display Products
A.Z.A. Scientific, Inc., of Sahne, was among other
high technology companies displaying its products
Thursday and Friday nights in Ann Arbor at -an invitational  showing.
The Saline company displayed its "Discoverer"
series of submersible magnetometers, its "Censu-
matic - 12" data processor, and its "Pipeline Survey
System."
The "Pipeline Survey System," newest of the three
unique product series, includes a self - powered test
vehicle designed to travel down four- "and six-inch gas
mains, underground. The system's designed purpose
is to survey gas mains and to detect imminent
fractures  in pipe  sections.
Accordin to A.Z.A.'s president, B.. D. Van Koever-
ing, the test vehicle can climb slippery pipe walls,
sneak under service nipples' in the pipe roof, has
power steering, and "talks back" to a control center.
Continuing development has recently given the vehicle the added capability to turn corners.
Peace Corps Teacher Returns
Rachel Woods, of 203 Clark St., arrived home last week
after two years' in the Peace Corps, in the Philippines where she taught teachers of the blind. Miss
Woods came home by way of Africa where she stopped
to visit friends.
She was the speaker at a meeting -of the Saline
Woman's Club on Tuesday afternoon.     ,
Best-Dressed Dolls Chosen
Sixty - five beautifully dressed dolls were returned
td the Goodfellows this week, after acquiring their
costumes from Saline Ford plant employees and their
Wives. The Goodfellows will distribute the dolls for
Christmas to needy children in the Ann Arbor - Ypsilanti area.        - ..
The dolls are dressed\ here each year in a pre - Yule
contest among employees. This year's 'winners, for
doll clothes in the finest taste and carftsmanship, are
Mrs. Dick Van House of Ann Arbor, first-; and three
Salinians, Mrs. Bill Heffelbower, Mrs. Oscar Ferguson,
and Miss Joyce Vershum.
DANDIEST DOLL DRESSERS at Ford Motor Co. Saline plant are the winners of the annual event, Mrs. Dick
Van House, Mrs. Bill Heffelbower, Sirs. Oscar Ferguson,
and Joyce Vershum. But when it came time to display
their work, three of 'em were elsewhere; only Nancy Ferguson was available to show her own work. So: left to
right, seated, are Rose Krueger, showing the lst place
doll dressed by Mrs: Van House; Kathy Cyr, -with Mrs.
Heffelbower's 2nd place doll; Nancy, with her own 3rd
place winner; and, standing, Linda Doughty with Joyce's
4th place winner; and Margaret Gritman, chairman of the
entire contest. The dolls will go to needy children through
the Goodfellows.
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