1969-10-01; Clare Sentinel

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Wednesday, October 1. 1969
Our 92nd Year  New Series     Vol. 78        No. 3
WASTE TREATMENT—Clare is most likely the only
community in the United States and one of two currently in North America to utilize both a primary
system and a secondary "aerated lagoon" system on
municipal waste. Of the three flasks above, that on the
left contains "raw" sewage as it enters the treatment
plant. The flask in the middle contains a sample of the
sewage after having completed the "primary" pro
cess where the heavier solids were removed. The
almost completely clear flask on the right contains a
sample of the waste water after it has gone through
the 20 day secondary or "aerated lagoon" system.
After having gone through the aerated lagoon system
the water is not harmful to plants or animals and has
no adverse affects on the health or aesthetic values of
a lake, or stream.    (Sentinel, photo)
The Voice Of The People Is
Present At Supervisors Meet
Voice of the People representatives visited the
last County Board ofSupervisors meeting arid.t^e
County Road Commission
meeting. At the supervisors meeting only two
items of business were of
immediate interest to the
Voice.
One item was the  as
sessment of dues by the
State Association of
County Supervisors.
This assessment was
50% greater than for the I
previous year apd the'
Board approved payment,
with the taxpayers money,
without any discussion.
It is hoped this board
does not continue approv
ing such increases.
During the afternoon
meeting the chairman
temporarilly adjourned
the regular rheeting for
a Committee meeting.
This is a method used
wherein public meetings
such as this can transact certain types of business  without permitting
Clare Students Doing Well
In Scholarship Competition
Bill Carlton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Carlton Sr.
of Ludington Drive, Clare
has been named as a
semi-finalist in the 1969
-70 National Merit Scholarship Program according to Larry Eastley,
Counselor at Clare High
School.
The semi-finalists
were the highest scorers
in their states on the National Merit Scholarship
qualifying test which was
given last February to
some 750,000 students
nationwide. The semifinalists constitute less
than one percent of the
graduating secondary
school seniors in the United States.
Semi-finalists  must
advance to finalist standing to be considered for
the merit scholarships to
be  awarded next spring.
r
Each finalist will be considered for one of the
1,000 National • Merit
Scholarships which are
allocated by the state.
Many will also be considered for the renewable
four year merit scholarships provided by some
400 corporations, foundations, colleges, unions,
trusts, professional associations and individuals. Each finalist will
receive a certificate of
merit in recognition of his
outstanding performance
on the program.
Adult Education
Registration for adult'
education class will continue on Tuesday evening
Sept. 30th from 7:00 -
9:00. Any class will be
offered in which ten or
more persons express an
interest. Conversational
Spanish and German have
been added to the possibilities.
Larry Eastley also reports that the counseling
office will be open every
Tuesday evening through
October for consultation
with parents or student.
On Tuesday, October 7th,
parents of all seniors are
invited to a discussion on
scholarships and finances. This will take place
at 7 p.m. All parents are
welcome.
College  Night
College Night will be
held on Thursday, October 2nd starting at 7
p.m. at the Clare High
School. T. Allen Nichols,
Dean of Students, Mid-
Michigan Community
College is acting as the
coordinator.
About  25   schools  and
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PRESENTATION— The Clare Osteopathic Hospital was officially presented with a
flag pole and an American flag Wednesday, September 24. The flag pole was a
gift from Beta Sigma Phi, an international womens sorority; the flag a gift by the
Clare V.F.W. Post 5738. Shown above during the official presentation of the
pole and flag are (left to right)* Patricia Pears, a Beta Sigma Phi- President; Bob
Schellhas^ V.F.W, representative; Helen Morgan, hospital Administrator and Karla
Lehr,   a Beta Sigma  Phi President, (Sentinel photo)
Clare's Lagoon System
Already Helping City
The city of Clare can
say with pride and the
probable envy of most
other American cities
that it is at least the
equal of the city of Moose
Jaw, Saskatchewan when
it comes to sewage.
Clare, as it happens,
now has what is probably
the only working system
of primary and secondary
sewage treatment in the
United States; a unique
system of aerated lagoons
' for municipal wastes.
The system cost 'the
city $166,500; $160,000 for
the lagoon-system, $3,500
for laboratory facilities
and an estimated $3000
upkeep for the plant to
date.
The system is correctly known as an aerated lagoon system.
To explain the system
in the manner in which it
was explained to Clare
Mayor Willard Koch and
the  public  to know what
is being done.
At the conclusion of this
private meeting the
chairman reconvened the*
Board meeting. Appar-'
ently at this Committee
meeting a letter was drafted by the county treasurer.
This letter was to be
mailed to each assessing
officer advising him to
correct his tax rolls to
agree with the findings
of the county Equalization
Board and that if these
corrections were not
made by a certain date
the Equalization Board
would make them and
charge the township or
city with any expenses
involved.
Should the assessing
officer not agree to have
these charges taken from
his .sal ary the expense
would have to be borne
by the township or city,
which would result in an
extra expense to the taxpayer.
The Voice representatives who attended the
County Road Commission meeting arrived a-
head of the published
meeting time only to find
that the meeting had been
called one hour early
without any apparent public notice.
A clerk at the commission office was reluctant to admit the representatives to this meeting
because they had not made
a previous appointment.
However, after some discussion with the board
members, they were admitted to the meeting and
treated like citizens.
■ The main item of discussion by the board during the period our representatives were in attendance was a new State
Law that went into effect
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Local Boy Is
VietnamVictim
Specialist 4 John Francis Machul died of gun
shot wounds Friday September 26 at 7:20p.m. He
was serving.in the I Corp
Military Region of Vietnam.
John is the son of Gerald and Barbara Machul
of 202 East Fourth Street,
Clare.
Funeral arrangements
are pending, by Stephenson Doherty Funeral
Home.
a number of City Commissioners by State
Health Department chemist John Nelson recently
would require an array
of sewage samples, complicated instruments and
a language full of such
terms as "primary affluent," and "anarobic
state."
The system can, however, be explained in simpler terms.
Clare has been using a
primary treatment plant
system since 1952. With
this system, the waste
enters the sewage plant
wher e the heavier solids
are removed by a skimming and settling process.
These solids are pumped to a large, heated
tank where they are
"compressed" and the
unpleasant odor is burned
off. Then the solids are
spread in exposed "beds'
where they dry and are
finally shoveled up ahd
sumped.
This fina 1 mixture
makes an excellent fertilizer for rose beds and the
like.
In the mean time, the
liquids, now less the heavier solids, were pumped
into the Tobacco River;
often causing an unpleasant sine]', and leaving a
smudge ring on the bank,
much -to the disapproval
of area residents.
With the addition of the
aerated lagoon system or
"secondary treatment",
all flows along as usual
in the primary process
described above with the
exception/ that the fluids
are not pumped directly
into the river.
After the solids have
been removed, the remaining liquid is pumped
into a lagoon system thru
which   air  is   constantly
being forced. The waters
are thus "aerated" for
twenty days.'
■ It is the amount of oxygen in the water, according to chemist Nelson,
which determines
whether the waste water
will pollute the river or
not. A river, he explained
can treat sewage unless
it is given too much sewage, then it becomes
polluted.
According to Nelson,
this new system of
aerated lagoons has a 95%
efficiency rate.
The waters which finally flow into the Tobacco River from the aerated lagoon are almost
clear in color and have
no adverse affect on the
river; either toward
public health or aesthetic
values.
Nelson says those wa-
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Clare Education Association Votes Unanimous
Financial And Moral Support For Coleman E.A.
The Coleman Education
Association (C.E.A.) received support from the
Region 12 Educational Associations at that groups
meeting in Oscoda, Monday September 22.
The support is both
moral and financial.
The group voted unanimously to request a
donation of one dollar
'i_-m each of the members
of _he member educational
associations; the collected monie s to be used by
six members of the Coleman Educational Association on an emergency
contingency basis.
There are approximately 3000 education asso
ciation members" in Region 12.
The six members of the
C.E.A. for whom the fund
has been started are those
six whom the Coleman
Board of Education is
suing fore $10,000 each
following the recent C.
E.A. strike which closed
Coleman schools for seven school days.
The Region 12 group
established the 'fund to
meet the personal expenses of the sixinstruc-
tors in the event that they
are relieved of their duties in the Coleman system.
They are currently
working   in   the   system
without a contract although they are being paid
for their work.
Legal fee for the six
and other members of
the C.E.A. aire paid by
the Michigan Education
Association.
The basic reason for
the recent C.E.A. strike
is an April 15 return date
for individual contracts
for the teachers.
The   C.E.A.   maintains
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Debt Load Figured For
Glare County Citizens
How much of a load
are residents of Clare
County carrying these
days in the form of instalment debt?
What part of their income goes each month
toward- repayment of this
debt?
Consumers in the local
area, as well as those in
most other parts of the
countjry, have been adding to their debt in recent
years.
One    factor   that    has
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HOMECOMING QUEEN— The Clare Homecoming
Queen (seated) was Pam BeDell. Her Court (from
left to right), Rhonda Cain, Chris Clute and Allison
Drake, The Clare Pioneers deteated the Coleman
Comets under the lights last Friday with a score
of 44 t.-: < _ (Sentinel photo)