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--I- -r L --. CASS 1T .. .. - CHRONICLE - -8- ‘ VOLUME 88, NUMBER 4 .,I 1-f ESDAY, APRIL 27,1994 FIFTY CENTS 12 PAGES School to add 3 teachers to staff Three additional teachers eligible for help. This pro- as a major problem and area total cost of the sweaters is will be added at Cass City gram paid for the additional schools that already have a $1,380 and the board agreed Schools next fall if current room at Campbell Elemen- breakfast program say that it to pay $690 of the cost and plans are followed, Supt. tary that is now under con- runs smoothly. A continen- the Band Boosters will pay Ken Micklash informed the struction. There will be tal-type breakfast will be the balance. The sweaters Cass City School Board at enough money left over now offered, will be purchased from its regular meeting Monday to hire a second teacher. One Kritzmans’ Inc. in Cass City, at the high school. teacher will now handle kin- EXPENDITURES the low bidder. Two will be added to the dergarten through third Band Director Mindy Middle School and will grade and another grades 4- The board accepted the Nash reviewed the band pro- complete the reorganization 5-6. low bid of the Ace Alarm gram for the board and her that started several years Company for the addition of projection for 1994-5 shows ago. The need for an addi- BREAKFAST a fire alarm at Campbell that in the sixth grade, tional math and English PROGRAM School. Included Eor a total middle school and high teacher was known when the of $3,782.65 will be the re- school there will be 138 pu- new teaching method was As a result of the passage placement of the 20-year-old pils participating. The fifth adopted, Micklash said, but of Proposition A this spring, wiring that was used in the grade band enrollment has there was not enough money Cass City, and all other present system in the build- not yet been determined, in the budget for the teach- This year there are 113 pu- , schools in the state, will be ing. ers. required to offer a breakfast The Cass City Band will pils in the top 3 bands and Because there will be an program starting next fall, be all decked out in new 40 in the fifth grade band. increase of about 50 students Micklash said that he sweaters with Cass City in the high school next fall doesn’t see the requirement Band written on them. The OTHER BUSINESS a new combination math and FIRE DESTROYEDA motor home parked on Crestwood Circle in the Northwood science teacher will be Two student council offic- Estates subdivision last Wednesday. The owner of the vehicle, Joe McCluskey, added. Next year the high ers, Sonya Horne president, school enrollment will in- Voters nix new and Michelle Peruski, vice- Cass City, told Elkland Township fire fighters lie heard the engine backfire just crease enough to probably president, presented cups to prior to the blaze. Value of the motor home was estimated at $4,000. place Cass City in Class B members of the school board in the Michigan High School school, 682-563 for their help in running the Athletic ratings. school. The cups were to be . A special program for Hopes for a new middle school building were presented during school students who need special dashed by voters in the Cass City School district when board recognition month in $97,000 for moiects help or are at risk of becom- they voted against a $7.95 million bond issue Mon- January but were delayed. ing drop outs will be devel- day. The vote was 682 no and 563 yes with 3 spoiled A request for a new 60- oped with Federal funding. ballots. The 1,248 votes cast is less than a third of inch cut lawn mower was Micklash said that the “at the number of eligible voters. risk” money will be a mini- Where the district goes from here, Supt. Kcn tabled and a committee ap- Village plans ‘94 road work Micklash said, will bc an item for the board to dis- pointed to investigate. What mum of $lOO,OOO and could be as much as $200,000. cuss at its May meeting. the board wishes to deter- Another Feder a1 project, What’s sure, he added, is that a revision in the mine is whether it would be Cass City’s 1994 street im- mally established a special stairwells and other changes will have to be made at to the district’s advantage to to the west end. curb and gutter assessments. the remedial reading pro- provement program is off assessment district for curb gram, will be expanded be- the present Middle School to meet the requirements contract the lawn care work The Hospital Drive and The council approved to a Drivate contractor rather and running fo!!owing ac- and gutter construction on Dale Street projects are es- cause of the increase in the for fire safety as outlined by the fire marshal. tion at Monday night’s Hospital Drive, from Dale plans and specifications for Please turn to back page. timated at $76,000, and the the work, and awarded con- number of pupils that are monthly Village Council Street to Tendercare; Dale Pine Street work is esti- meeting. tracts to the low bidders for Street, from Hill Street to mated at $2 I ,OOO. asphalt paving and curb and Following a brief public Hospital Drive; and Pine The combined cost figures hearing, the council for- Strcet, from Brooker Strect gutter. include about $24,000 in Tanton Construction, Bad Axe, submitted the low bid DNR expands turkey hunt for curb and gutter at 3-vehicle accident $27,410.60, and P.T.I. Con- struction co. was the low bidder for asphalt at permits; good season seen $1 9,986.30. Car0 teen dies in crash According to Village Man- Area T is the same as last number of area hunters who ager Lou S. LaPonsie, both Spring turkey hunting pros- “I would suspect (hunters) A 3-vehicle accident Fri- a spokeswoman at the Car0 transported by Car0 EMS quotes came in lower than pects remain good in the will take 70 to 80 birds” Out year at 575. The number is- applied, but said the spring sued in Area T-A was in- turkey hunts are continuiiig day afternoon in Car0 Police Department, who personnel to Car0 Commu- those received last year. The Thumb, Department of of &ea T this year, Jgvis stated Reed, a Car0 High nity Hospital. asphalt bid translates into said, adding the harvest in creased by 25 percent to 270 to grow in popularity. claimed the life of one Car0 Natural Resources officials “I don’t see the applica- teen and left another seri- School junior and the son of Miller was treatcd and re- $20.85 per ton, compared to Area T-A should total an- permits. say. All of the permits have tions, but the interest hac ously injured. Tuscola County Prosecutor leased, and Reed and Frakes $2 1 SOin 1993, and the curb The first of 3 annual spring other 50 to 60 turkeys. Christopher Reed, 16, of James R, Reed, was a pas- were transferred to St. and gutter bid is $7.10 per hunts began Monday and Jarvis said the number of been taken. Jarvis didn’t been growing steadily vp- Caro, died as a result of in- senger in a vehicle driven by Mary’s Medical Center, foot, compared to $7.17 last will continue through May permits issued this spring in have an estimate on the ward,” he added. juries he suffered in the Nathaniel Miller, 17, also of Saginaw, where Reed died year. 1, followed by hunts May 2- crash. car0 * latcr. Frakes was listed in Property owners are as- 11 and May 12-29. The bag The spokeswoman idcnti- scrious condition Tuesday sessed the cost for curb and limit is one bearded turkey. Details regarding the cir- tied the drivers of the othcr morning, a hospital spokes- gutter plus 10 percent (71 cumstances of the accident Over the past 3 years, tur- vehicles as James Rannigan, woman said. cents per foot) for engineer- key numbers in the Thumb were not being released 32, of Akron, and Joseph Car0 police were assistcd ing. Monday afternoon. have neither increased nor Kelly, 52, of Caro. at the scene by the Tuscola decreased significantly, ac- The collision occurred at Miller and Reed, along County Shcriff’s Depart- OTHER BUSINESS about 3:30 p.m. at the inter- IN cording to Bud Jarvis, a with another passenger in nicn t . wildlife biologist at the section of State and Wash- Miller’s vehicle, Teresa The accident remains un- In other business, the coun- ington streets, according to DNR’s Cass City Field Of- Frakes, 17, of Caro, were der investigation. cil approved a list of corn- fice. nlittee and board members “We had a pretty good nest- for 1994. ing season (last year), al- Changes noted include the though I’m not real sure we appointmcn t of Trustee have any more turkeys,” Catherine Kropewnicki as Jarvis said. He indicated chairperson of the council’s any increase in turkey num- Budget and Finance Com- bers over the past year prob- mittee. Trustee Mike ably would have been offset Weaver, who previously was by a poor nesting season in chairman, will continue to 1992 due to a cold, wet sum- serve on the committee.