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Special ceremonywiU,mark Ad'IlY in the life of Chasing the Eagle - Flag Dayin Cass City B•••·school principal, Brinkman neartop rBJ;lk Page 3 Page~ Page 5 CASS CITY CHRONICLE Complete coverage ofthe Cass City community andsurroundi,ngareas since 1899 , VOLUME 102, NUMBER 11 CASS CITY, MICHIGAN - WEDNESIfAY, JUNI4, 2008 FIFTY CENTS ., ',' .; . ":I:t)N4)~"G~$~ oNti sutlttEMENT .~: , ~. ~ .., ,~, , } ~ ... Trio hurt Fuel prices in weekend ::,~ ", accident " hammering Three Thumb residents, includingIII Cass City woma.\l, were injured iiti single-vehicle accident over' t~ weekend in Sanilac County's Dell1 ware Township. ,;. area farmers The crash occurred at about 11: 10 p.rn. Sunday on Bay City-Forestvi1Jl: by Emily Davis rector, the price ofequipment and re Road, east ofRuth Road, according StaffWriter pair has also inflated in part due to to Sgt.. Brad Roff of the Sanilac fuel cost. "Increasing energy cost County Sheriff's Department..· :Some people can make adjustments ripples through everything theydo," "The preliminary investigation m: to deal with the rising cost of fuel. he said. dicated that the vehicle, driven byan Unfortunately for farmers, it's. hard Severance agreed. "I just bought I8-year-old Cass City woman, was to make cutbacks. some parts, I'm sure it (fuel) affects, traveling eastbound on Bay City "You can't make many changes," those prices. It's not necessarily the Forestville Road and failed to stop at life-long farmer Roger Root said. fuel costs that are the biggest prob the stop sign at Ruth Road," Roffr~ "When you have to fill up your trac lem, though. It's what fuel will do to ported. "The vehicle continued east.. · tor, you have to fill it up. Can't use other expenses and commodities we bound and the driver lost control. anything else." need. It's going to make everything entering the eastbound ditch." Fuel prices hurt farmers because more expensive." Roffsaid the vehicle continued east they affect everything. "Just about Dennis Stein, farm management bound until it struck a culvert near a ~verything they do uses fuel," said agent for the Tuscola County MSU private driveway, causing the vehicle 1 Dave Pratt, agriculture agent at the Extension Office, pointed out that dif ARTHUR SEVERANCE WORKS on a tractor on his far·m. Increased fuel to catapult and land in the ditch east ~ Tuscola County Michigan State Uni ferent crops have different costs. prices have made farmers like Severance be more conscientious of how they ofthe driveway, ejecting an I8-year- ~ versity ExtensionOffice. Because fuel "Wheat prices are at about a $60 per Please turn to back page. ~ prices have gone up, so have the acre increase from last year," he said. farm and what they buy. prices offertilizer, herbicides and pes Nitrogen, which is used in fertilizer, ~ ticides. Fuel is needed to create these has gone up about $45 an acre. things, Pratt said. "The cost of pesticides and fertil Arthur Severance, a farmer in Sanilac izer is getting to be a real problem," <}ounty's Evergreen Township, said Root said. Pratt added that the cost ' fertilizer prices have gone up drasti offertilizerhas probably tripled in the Memphis pullout irks O-GI qally. "Starter fertilizer right now is 'last year and a half. about $430 per ton. In 2007, it was However, though the fuel prices can $326 perton. Starter fertilizer for soy put a major strain on the agriculture Owen-Gage School officials last tricts in the NCTL, although that what board members called sports board:. ", ,,,,' beans is $551 a ton and was $294 last business, a clear positive is that com week formally joined with the doesn't explain why the school sys manship issues. Distance was an -Approved an annual resolution to year." modity prices are also going up. "The Carsonville-Port Sanilac (C-PS) tem didn't withdraw its high school other factor - Memphis is a 2-hour borrow money in anticipation ofstate displ~asure Severance has been farming his en good news is that commodity prices School District in voicing sports teams along with its junior drive from Owen-Gage. Schooloffi funding payments. The district will tire life. He said he thinks that the have increased," Pratt said. "Corn, with a decision by officials in the high squads. cials also cited size. Memphis, a Class borrow $425,000 from the Michigan increase in fuel and fertilizer prices soybeans and wheat are good crops Memphis School District to withdraw "Our position is, they need to honor C school, had a high school enroll Municipal Bond Authority. will cause farmers to cut down on fer- right now." its junior high sports teams from the their commitments, and ifyou don't ment ofabout 450 students atthe time, "It covers cash flow needs begin North Central Thumb League (NCTL). honor your commitments, maybe compared to the 90 or so high school ning with the new fiscal year in July. The Owen-Gage Board ofEducation, they ought to take their high school enrollment at Class DOwen-Gage. Then, sometime in the fall - Octo "When you have to fill up during a rescheduled monthly meet (teams) and join another league as ber and November - is when you However, Owen-Gage officials re ing Thursday, voted to endorse the well," Compton said. really see your foundation (state versed their decision 5 months later y'our tractor, you have to C-PS School District's position. This isn't the first time officials in grant) money starting to come in," due to what Compton described as That position, Owen-Gage School the Owen-Gage and Memphis Compton explained. jill it up. Can 1use pressure from the league to honor the Supt. Dana Comptonexplained, is that schools have clashed. -Discussed the impact of soaring Bulldogs' commitment to Memphis. Memphis' action was unilateral, arbi "We've been down this path be fuel prices on school operations. anything else. " In addition, Memphis School District trary and inappropriate. "And, they fore," acknowledged Compton, refer Compton didn't have specific trans . -Roger Root, officials vowed to work towards solv (C-PS) felt ifthey (Memphis) are go ring to the Owen-Gage board's deci portation figures, but said the cost lifelong farmer ing any concerns regardingsports- ing to be part ofthe NCTL, they need sion in December 2007 to no longer ofdoing business, including moving to be partofthe NCTL for juniorhigh schedule Memphis in varsity foot manship. students to and from school, has tilizer and do less working of the Root, who harvests corn, soybeans, and high school both," he said. ball, and to look for another school risen sharply. ground. "You can't cut. too much, wheat and dry beans, said the prices Compton noted the primary reason to fill the sport on the Bulldogs' INOTIIERBUSINESS "When you budget somewhere though," he noted. ofcrops have definitely helped. given by Memphis School officials is schedule. According to Martin Nagelkirk, distance from the school to other dis- The decision was based largely on In other business last week, the Please turn to back page. Sanilac County MSU Extension di- Please turn to back page. BREAKING TRADITIONS Scasny among honored Michigan students byTomMontgomery across the state who were recently a career path." Editor honored with "Breaking Traditions" Although Scasny isn't looking to awards for being successful in career make autobody work a career, she's Vicki Scasny will be the first to ad and technical education program ar had no regrets since a friend encour mit that when it comes to even the eas that are considered non-tradi- aged her to consider enrolling in the most basic automotive maintenance tional for their gender. autobody program at the tech center; task or repair, she used to be like a "These students are breaking tradi where she has learned the basics of deer caught in the headlights. tion and leading the way in the 21 st metal fInishing, welding and painting; Not anymore. century global economy," Gov. Jen "Before this class, I had zero knowl Scasny, 17, just completed her jun nifer M. Granholm said. "Michigan's edge about vehicles," she confided.. ior.year at Cass City High School as future depends on providing all stu "I didn't know how to change a tire:' well as her first year in the Autobody dents with a quality education that I was 'Barbie'. "I was curious abom Technology program ~t the Tuscola helps prepare them for college, the (the class), and you don't get a lot 0( Technology Center in Caro. Granted, workplace and beyond." opportunities to try autobody." in terms ofgender, she was literally in Added state Supt. ofPublic Instruc . Now, she added, "I'ma lot more con a class by herself at the tech center, tion Mike Flanagan, "These out fident when it comes to painting and where she was the only female in a standing students are pr~aring them welding. I'm okay at the dent (rc.s VICKI SCASNY has learned skills ranging from metal finishing to welding to class of27 students at the beginning selves to enter a career that will ben pairs), but I could use more work 00 ofthe year. efit them individually and benefit that." c' painting in het: autobody class at the Tuscola Technology Center in Caro. The But Scasny excelled in the course Michigan by increasing, diversity in Scasny, the daughter of David and worked to fit in with her male our state's workforce. Bytheir deter Scasny of Cass City, acknowledged 17-year-old Cass City resident is among 34 students statewide who were re counterparts. She also caught the mination and dedication to pursuing itwas a bit intimidating walkinginro tently honored with Michigan DepartmentofEducation "BreakingTraditions" attention ofofficials at the Michigan careers in an area non-traditional for a class dominated by niale students.