Aaaatman Appointed As New Mayor
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//Aa The Grand Valley Ledger Volume 8. Issue 10 Serving Lowell Area fJl Reader* Since 1893 January 11, 1984 AAaatman appointed as new mayor In a somewhat surprising The city's charter calls for a continue to focus on the issue of most votes of five candidates on )vc Lowell Cily Council mem- five member council with a park acquisition and develop- the ballot. frs voted councilman Jim mayor and mayor pro-lem to be ment. Maatman is a partner in A new councilman, William Maatman into the mayor's seat chosen annually by the council both Modem Photographies and Thompson was sworn in to a four for the coming year. Maatman members from their ranks. Modem Printing of Lowell. He year term and returning council- who was just sworn into a new Councilman Phillip Schneider won an outright four year term man Phillip Schneider was four year term replaces Dean made the motion to appoint on the council this past sworn into a two year term. Collins as mayor. Collins has Maatman. and it was seconded November when he polled the m two years remaining on a four by Fonger. The vote that fol- year term, and had served as lowed was unanimous. mayor for the past four year>. Maatman says that there will Lippert's Cedar Springs store Jack Fonger was appointed as be little change in city govern- mayor pro-tern, also for a one ment under his administration, totally destroyed by fire /ear term. and expects that the council will The Lippert Pharmacy at 43 nearby buildings. The manager W. Main St., Cedar Springs was of the store, Jim Kelly was totally destroyed by fire Sunday among the Cedar Springs volun- evening with the loss to building teer fire fighters who responded. and contents estimated at around Lippert started in the drug ) $1 million. The store was one of store business fifteen years ago m ten pharmacy/variety stores when he purchased the Christ- owned by Charles Lippert of 724 iansen Drug Store here in Low- Riverside Dr , Lowell. ell. The Cedar Springs Store was L The fire was discovered by purchased by Lippert in 1969, ft Cedar Springs firemen as they and was the first expansion were refueling their trucks about beyond the Lowell store. § a block away after having re- Lippert was in Traverse City turned from a mobile home fire. at the time of the fire, returning OFF THE BLOTTER The firemen noticed smoke com- his son to college there. He drove ing from the rear of the building, home in the night, and im- Jim MMtman David Himebaugh, 24, of Lowell failed to yield the right of way and when they investigated they mediately began coordinating ef- at the intersection of Avery and Jefferson and collided with a car dri- found the two story building in forts to fill the prescription needs ven by Sandra Darling 35, also of Lowell, in the afternoon of Fri- flames. In all, over 100 firemen of the store's customers. As of ; day, December 23. Damage resulted to both vehicles. from eight departments battled Tuesday, temporary prescription Board reviews James Jacoby, 40, of L'nionville, Michigan backed his semi- the blaze, but succeeded only in service was available across the trailer into a car driven by Sue Johnston, 31, of Grand Rapids, the preventing it from spreading to Street from the burned out store. afternoon of Tuesday, December 27, resulting in damage to the MEAP scores gbhnston vehicle. BOARD BRIEFS: A pair of hit & run property damage accidents were found by A thorough review of the 1983 percentage of youngsters passing Lowell Officers early Wednesday, December 28. The rrst was lo- Michigan Educational Assess- 75% or more of the objectives in cated on W. Main near Alden Nash when a car struck a mail box and ment Program (MEAP) results each academic area. Each year's the second on East Main near Washington, when a vehicle stmck a Boosters donate *5,418 was presented to the Lowell scores can vary slightly because Post Office Drop Box on the north side of Main St. Board of Education by Superin- each group tested is different Mary Doyle, 53, of Lowell failed to yield the right of way at Main The Lowell Board of Educa- tral Accreditation's self-evalua- tendent Fritz Esch during the The chart below shows the and Washington St. Thursday, December 29 and struck a vehicle tion held its regular meeting on tion as presented by the NCA regular January Board Meeting. percentage of Lowell students at- driven by Clare Phillips, 64, of Lowell. Property damage resulted. Monday, January 9 at 7:30 P.M. Steering Committee. General results of the annual taining 75% or more of the ob- Yvonne Free, 33, of Lowell, could not stop in time for a vehicle# in the Board offices. During the In the last item of business, the testing indicated that the K-3 jectives for 1983. driven by Rowland Ryder, 48, of Lowell on East Main St. near recognition of the audience. Bud Board heard the recommenda- math and reading programs are Monroe and struck Ryder's vehicle in the rear Wednesday. De- Kloosterman, President of the tion to purchase an additional fulfilling the expectations as PERCENT ATTAINING 75% ^cmber 28th. Lowell Athletic Booster Club Lanier Word Processor for the measured by the test. While the OR MORE OF OBJECTIVES " Slightly injured in an accident Wednesday, December 28 on M- presented the Board with a check Central Office to tie into its pre- reading program in the remain- CHART 21 near Alden Nash were Ellen Moore, 51, of Lowell and a passen- in the amount of $5,418.69 for sent system. The Board re- ing grades is within acceptable GRADE MATH READING ger, 22 year old Rosemary Bossuah of Grand Rapids. A car driven the Middle School Interscholas- quested additional information range, Esch indicated that a pro- 4 83 2 85.9 by Steve Wemet, 18, of Rockford pulled into Moore's path causing tic Sports Program. and will consider the expenditure gram problem is evident in the 7 77.1 • %\ the accident. Wemet was not injured. Following the approval for the at a future meeting. math area between the 4lh and 10 47.8 71.5 Lowell Officers investigated 197 accidents in Lowell in 1983. payment of bills for the month of 10th grades. This compares to 163 in 1982. The Lowell Medical Unit responded December, the Board approved The MEAP test is annually "Generally speaking," said to 131 runs in 1983. the appointment of Mrs. Cathy given to all youngsters in the 4th, EM:!), "it looks like we have a 7th. and lOth grades and meas- program problem in the area of Given citations to appear at a later date in 63rd District Court Bertelson to fill the half-time LOWELL LIBRARY were Raymond Topping, 22, of Lowell for disorderly conduct and Speech Pathologist position that ures selective objectives in mathematics between the 4th and Main and Hudson Sts. David Ford, 23, also of Lowell for transporting an open container of was open due to the resignation mathematics and reading. "Our 10th grades. 1 have looked at 897-9596 alcohol in a motor vehicle, Friday evening December 23. of Mrs. Loaurie Konarska instructional program in these these results over the past three " Arrested by Lowell Police Friday, December 23, for driving Superintendent Fritz Esch pre- M-12:30-5:30 two academic areas teach many years in addition to this year s under the influence of alcohol (3rd offense), was Roger sented the Board with an oral re- W-12:30-8:30 more objectives than what are and the detailed data shows that Grzybowski, 35, of Lowell. port of the 1983 Michigan Edu- F-12:30-5:30 tested under the annual MEAP our problems are not severe and Wendell Ratliff, 42, of Wyoming struck a parked car registered cational Assessment Program 8-12:30-5:30 testing program. Therefore, cau- can be solved rather quickly if to Gail Lyonnais of Lowell Wednesday, January 4, on East Main St. (MEAP) test results. The MEAP tion is to be exercised in making parents and teachers work to- near Horatio. Rattliff s semi-tractor trailer side-swiped the car. test is given annually to 4th, 7th, assumptions about the district gether Esch also stated that he Arrested by Lowell Officers Thursday morning for assault and and 10th grades and measures based upon these test scores," re- had asked the district-wide Math battery was Douglas Winglar, 25, of Lowell in connection with an selective objectives in mathema- ported Esch. He further slated Committee to look for ways to incident which occurred at his residence. tics and reading. VALLEY AUTOMOTIVE - that selective objectives in these revise the current math program Arrested by Lowell Officers Sunday, January I for driving under The Board then took action to Full service garage open from two academic areas were consid- affecting students who will take the influence of alcohol was Clare Osbum, 23, of Greenville. Os- award the bus bid for three 65- 7 A.M. to II P.M. Mon. - ered to be basic program expec- the test next year in an effort to ^um' was transported to the Kent County Jail and later released on passenger buses to the lowest Thur.; 7 A.M. to 10 P.M. Fri.; tations in any reading or math increase the proportion of stu- bidder. Ride Equipment and 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Saturdays. curriculum regardless of the dent achievement.