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Virginia Crawford’s unplanned I Hawk boys, girls Graduation activities long career coming to end track champions befin at area high schools Page 13 Page 15 Pages 4,16,20 ‘’jJ,. VOLUME 78 NUMBER 5 %,,,, :n ‘-qDAY, MAY 17,1984 Twenty-five cents EMENTS l! :) “f :;‘I, ). (’4, , f:;,, Schedule set for Board okays scik.,ol July 4th festival A jam and slam packed improvement plan day of activities is on tap for the sixth annual Cass City 4th of July Festival. Cass City Schools will are roofs for Campbell figured for the main build- west of Seeger. Among the attractions spend an estimated $160,000 Elementary and Cass City ing only. Until that happens the will be a demolition derby on building and site im- Intermediate Schools. The Intermediate build- board agreed to have a and possibly as many as 100 provements in the fiscal Campbell roof construction ing needs repairs of the school bus pick up and de- clowns marching in the year that starts July 1. will be a continuation of brick which requires re- liver the children from two parade. Supt. Donald Crouse out- work started last summer. placing mortar that is gone families affected, starting The schedule of events, lined various summer pro- This year’s work will cost or loose with a process cal- in the fall. with some times tentative, jects that are urgently $21,750. Crouse told the led tuckpointing . were worked out last Thurs- needed and the school board that there will still be After this is done it was New textbooks were day evening at a festival board okayed advertising roof work to be completed suggested that the entire adopted in mathematics, committee meeting . for bids for several of them after the current section is building be sprayed with a home economics and ag- Chairmen of this year’s at its fegular meeting Mon- installed. moisture retardant. Esti- riculture at $6,601. festival, who also headed day night at the high school. The Intermediate School mated cost is $60,000 and is Further discussion about the event last year, are Tops on the priority list roof will cost $24,000 and is the largest single expendi- a new, stiffer policy for Dave Lovejoy, Roland ture planned. eligibility for sports re- Pakonen and Curt Strick- sulted in no decision. One 1984 Crouse has received cost land. SUMMER PROJECTS estimates of the various request is for a grade aver- Activities will begin Mon- age of 1.7 (2-point is a C) CAMPBELL projects, but told the board day, July 2, with the festival that when bids were re- and passing grades in all queen pageant starting at 8 ceived they would probably subjects to become eligible Roof., ..............: ....................... $21,750 p.m. in the high school be less. for sports. The present cafeteria. Regrade Surface and Drain by Cafeteria. , . , , $2,000? Not included in the fol- state requirement is a pas- Furniture Two ..................... The following evening, - Rooms. $ 3,000 lowing cost estimates is sing grade in 3 subjects. starting at 7 in the high repair work that will be A motion to implement school gym, the Cass City DEFORD completed by the school the new rules died when Ministerial Association will staff. questions about when it be- present well-known gospel Furniture One - Room....................... $ 1,500 OTHER BUSINESS came effectivewere asked. singer Doug Odham. It will come before the In place of the beer tent EVERGREEN A new auditor will ser- board at the next meeting behind the Charmont, a fix- and some stiffening of the ture of past festivals and its Furniture - One Room....................... $ 1,500 vice the school for the next three years. Four bids were regulations appears sure. biggest money-maker, Septic Field. .............................. max. $10,000 there will be a similar Boiler Replacement. ........................ $10,700 received from various CPA A request by the Dan firms and low bid was from celebration inside the Col- Shermans to have their son, ony House on M-53 from 8 INTERMEDIATE Anderson, Tuckey and Ber- Daniel, attend Campbell nhardt with offices in Caro p.m. Tuesday to 1 a.m. Elementary instead of Wednesday. A musical Roof (Main Bldg.). .......................... $24,000 and Cass City. The firm bid for Evergreen School was au- group hasn’t been hired yet. Tuc kpoint ing ................................ W,O()O $3,200 thorized if no extra bus ex- 1984, $3,300 for 1985 and WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, Furniture ..................... 3,000 pense is sustained by the - Two Rooms. s $3,400 1986. Bids ranged arts and crafts exhibitors .. XawDrive ........_............................. $ for district. 3,200 from the low to a top’of will display their warm in- Sewing Machines Replacement. ............. $ 1,OOo $4,620. Four new members were side the village equipment Hallway Glass to Cafeteria. .................. $ 1,OOo Mrs. Connie McNaughton appointed for 3-year terms storage building from 9 asked the school board to to the Agricultural Advis- CONSTRUCTION of the $1,935 million sanitary sewer a.m.-5 p.m. Interested HIGH SCHOOL build a sidewalk on the east ory Committee. They are project began in Owendale Monday, May 7. Shown here is exhibitors should call side of Seeger Street on Bill Merchant, Jim Bolton, digging for installation of the sewer line along Fifth Street, Sandy Nicholas at 872-3839. Bus Drive, .................................. $ 8,000 school roperty for safety Jim Tuckey and Dave Lit- The bed race on Main Typewriters - Six IBMs. ..................... $ 3,800 of chiP dren walking to tle. north of Pine Street. Wooten Contracting of St. Charles is Street will start at 10 a.m. Sewing Machine Replacement. .............. $ 1,000 school. They will replace Dick contractor for the sewer line installation, Excavation of the The parade will begin at After discussion it was Shaw, Arthur Severance, sewage lagoons north of town by a different contractor will 11. Committed already, ALL SCHOOL decided that future plans Robert Wischmeyer and parade chairman Kim probably call for an exten- Alan Hartwick whose start later. Glaspie reported, are 13 Van Replacement. .......................... $12,000 sion of the sidewalk on the terms expired, Please turn to page 20 1 35 teachers urge Athletes need C average O=G stiffens,graduation and contract signing An estimated 35 teachers, tion which was outlined EXPLAINS PROGRAM eligibility requirements members of the Cass City when it appeared a tenta- Teachers Association, to- tive settlement had been One of the teachers, ðer with several wives reached last fall. Donna Emerson, presented Owendale - Gagetown --Twenty-one units will must achieve a C...aver- make it...School basically should be in special educa- is not athletics, it’s educa- or husbands descended on After the regular meet- a 20-minute discussion of High School students will be required instead of the age ...to be eligible for par- tion. “We don’t have one the Cass City School Board the elementary and inter- be taking more required present 20, A student taking ticipation during the follow- tion.” kid in regular education ing, the board met in execu- Wright’s response, at a who can’t get a C average.” meeting Monday to “show tive session and when they mediate library services at courses because of a a full load of classes all four ing six-week marking concern for getting a con- the school. change in graduation re- years graduates with 24 period.” A C minus aver- different point in the discus- Reinhardt said the policy returned said that its posi- sion, was that it was his job affects the “won’t dos,” not tract signed.” tion remained unchanged. Jacqueline Freiburger uirements approved Mon- units. A unit is one class for age is acceptable. The overflow crowd told the board that a clock 3ay evening by the Owen- one year. For seventh and eighth and that of the staff to see the “can’t dos.” made it necessary to hold CCTA President Don had been purchased with Gage School Board. Students who are now graders, the policy is the whether a student who the meeting in the school Schelke said that the money donated in the mem- The recommendation of ninth graders.wil1 be re- same except, “If a student can’t maintain a C average Please turn to page 20. cafetorium. teachers attended the ory of Willis Campbell. She the curriculum study com- quired to complete 20 units is found to be ineligible, it Despite the large turnout meeting to urge the board said that she hopes to have mittee was approved with- including the added re- will be for a three-week a further move towards a to accept the proposal that it installed before the end out debate. quired classes. period with a progress re- settlement was not evident. the Tri-County Bargaining of May. After much debate, the Present eighth graders port of grades at that time Ground broken * Supt. Donald Crouse told Association previously pre- What a difference a roof board approved the com- will be the first who will to determine eligibility for the teachers that despite sented. makes. Crouse reported mittee’s other recommen- have to complete 21 credits the remainder of the six- rumors that have circu- Meanwhile, the two sides that the new roof installed dation, that an experimen- to graduate, including the week marking period.” lated, there has been no await a fact finding meet- tal policy put into effectthis added required classes. Previously, the policy for $550,000 change in the board’s posi- ing. Please turn to page 20. school year stiffening The committee consi- was that of the Michigan academic eligibility re- dered requiring seniors to High School Athletic As- quirements to participate pass a competency test in sociation, which requires in athletics and other ex- order to receive a diploma, students to be passing three elevator project tracurricular activities be but decided against it at classes in order to partici- made permanent this time.