East Jordan Coach Joins Hall of Fame Sineway Resigns City Council Seat
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LAST YEAR: Sunny skies and warming temperatures left snow totals at 174 inches, with highs predicted in the 50s under sunny skies. j*A*ift EAST JORDA fjUJi«WP ¥ Copyright Up North Publications, Inc. 1995 MB33SK journal All rights reserved VOL. 3 NO. 28 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1995 EAST JORDAN, MICHIGAN Sineway resigns city council seat BY DEB SA YGERS HOBBS Journal Editor When East Jordan mayor Russ Peck read the letter of resignation by 1 st Ward council member Sherry Sineway, a long moment of hesitation passed before council member Ron Klooster finally made a motion to accept. Another long moment of silence led to a discussion of how the motion would die EAST JORDAN FRIENDS join together to salute theircoach Ed Burrows without a supporting vote. Reluctantly, at his induction into the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Hall of council member Brian Sweet seconded, Fame, Feb. 24. They are (from back, left): Stokes Burrows and Bob and the motion carried. Burrows (Ed's sons), Dave Reed, Tom Watson, Tracy Malpass, Brian The letter was part of the mayor's report Sturgell, Steve Goebel, Brian Green, TadMalpass, (front) Chuck Reed, Ed during the April 4 city council meeting. Burrows, Bill Chase, and Dan Peters. Sineway explained in the letter her view that the responsibility of the council is to act Sherry Sineway as the administrative body that "oversees and directs the workings of the city." April 7 that she felt the letter was sufficient She continued by saying she feels some and she did not want to comment further. East Jordan coach members of the council have a differing The resignation followed a joint Person view of responsibilities given them through nel Records and Ways and Means commit election. tee meeting March 27, which included a "I cannot in good conscience work for reportedly tense discussion over longevity joins Hall of Fame what I feel is not the best interest of the pay for city employees. Sineway was the citizens of East Jordan," she concluded. chairman of the Personnel Records com Sineway said in a phone conversation mittee. BY DEB SA YGERS HOBBS ing EJHS from 1956 to 1986. Journal Editor Chuck Reed was one of those students, playing good enough tennis to represent A support group of about 26 East Jordan EJHS as a state semi-finalist twice in the friends and former students joined Ed Bur early 1960s, going on to letter in college rows, Chuck Reed and their families in varsity tennis at Central Michigan Univer Troy, Feb. 24, as the two coaches were sity. As a coach, he developed the tennis JAYS discourage recognized by the Michigan High School program at Whittemore-Prescott, a com Tennis Coaches Association. bined school district between West Branch During the evening of recognition, Ed and East Tawas. Burrows was inducted into the MHSTCA Reed was one of three coaches named youth smoking Hall of Fame with four other outstanding MHSTCA Boys Coach of the Year for coaches, joining the elite of the coaching 1994. As part of a national effort to raise law by: profession. In a November, 1994, interview with the awareness in the problem of underage • maintaining a store policy to check East Jordan Journal, Burrows credited the smoking, this week (April 9-15) has ID's for all age-restricted products. Burrows, the tennis coach at East Jordan outstanding young people he knew at EJHS been designated JAYS Week in East • post one or more signs to promote High School for 17 years, lead the team to for his own accomplishments. A number of Jordan by mayoral proclamation. awareness of the law. 12 regional championships in a program those very students were obviously proud JAYS - Jaycees Against Youth • ensure that store employees under that spawned nine tennis coaches, includ to be on hand as their former coach was Smoking - is a program launched by stand the importance of the laws. ing Reed. His impact didn't end there - as honored by his peers. the Junior Chamber of Commerce in • signing a "Responsible Merchant" a teacher and athletic director, he was known Information provided by January, 1994. Government research and often revered by every student attend Brenda Malpass and Phoebe Watson pledge stating theircommitment to help and private studies have identified ac reduce youth access to tobacco prod cess to cigarettes as a key factor influ ucts. encing underage smoking. Research EJPD investigating theft also shows that when age-restriction East Jordan Jaycees state program laws are supported, minors' access to manager Mcrri-Sue Cardwell said the An April Fool's Eve joy ride of malicious The vehicle was recovered at about 1:50 cigarettes is reduced by 50 percent. campaign is not just for JAYS week, destruction caused extensive damage to a a.m. the next morning, by Charlevoix JAYS serves as an outreach, encour but will continue as a long-term com stolen 1982 Chevrolet pickup truck, as well County sheriff deputies responding to com aging merchants selling tobacco prod mitment of the chapter. Future activi as property damage at several residences in plaints of the destruction of mailboxes from ucts to comply with the law that pro ties will include partnering with local Wilson Township. several property owners on Pesek Road, hibits the sale of tobacco to minors. radio and television stations to place On April 7, the East Jordan Police De near Barber Road. Deputies found the ve Every state has such a law in place. public service announcements, and partment reported apprehending two juve hicle abandoned. In East Jordan, all commercial to enlisting support from law enforcement nile males suspected of taking the pickup, The EJPD will share information it re bacco products vendors were ap and community officials in the effort to belonging to Highland Management. It is ceived on the destruction of mailboxes proached, and all agreed to support the support age-restriction laws. believed the suspects took the vehicle from throughout Charlevoix County with the 205 Garfield St. some time after 10 p.m., sheriff department. The incidents arc 2commen .WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1995 •EAST JORDAN JOURNAt L mmm. Readers write Charter vote is an exciting opportunity t An exciting day will soon be upon us! happen. April 24, 1995, the voting population of Another benefit is equal representation East Jordan will have the opportunity to of seven council members. Right now, each vote on a new city charter. East Jordan has ward is represented by two people. The not voted on a city charter since 1911, so charter will remove the ward concept and we hope every eligible voter will be a part allow all of you to vote for every person of this historical day. sitting on council, not just two. East Jordan voters will have the pleasure Correct, this does mean you won't vote and responsibility of voting into effect a directly for the position of mayor, but we new city charter that will bring East Jordan's must trust the seven people who were elected form of government up to par with the rest to choose which of them would be best for of the state. Did you know that we are one that position. vwan City memories of two or three cities in Michigan still The benefits of this new charter are many The Jordan River estuary as it looked in the mid-1940s. operating under a charter such as we cur and we urge you to vote YES on April 24. rently have? We're not suggesting that the If there are any aspects of the charter you do majority is always right, but... not understand please call Tom Sheridan or With our current charter, council mem another commission member, and get your bers must try to run this city as part-time questions answered. officials, spending hours away from their families for little to no pay. Running a city Please don't go to the polls uninformed Sqx involves thousands of dollars, and should and uneducated. The future of East Jordan be handled like a business with a full-time is in your hands. managerunder the advisementofa board of Duane and Debra Chappuies Jordan Valley Pharmacy says • • • directors. With the new charter this will Politics Chamber urges charter support 9*? by Gayle Saxton vSiw^r On Monday, April 24 there will be a charter have worked well for us in the past, special election here in East Jordan. Resi and they asked for any and all public opin A while back a friend of mine asked me delivered it as specified and received a dents of the city will be voting on the ion. Only then did the commission sit down why I didn't get into politics. receipt. The party on whom the writ was adoption of a new city charter. The pro and begin to draft a charter that would serve "You have all the qualities of a politi drawn up wasn't at home so I directed the posed charter would make some changes in East Jordan well into the future. cian," he added. I hesitated to ask him to trucker to pick up the items mentioned the way our city government is adminis reiterate those qualities, as I was pressed for previously and slipped the writ under the tered, how our city officials are elected, and time.