Planning Commission to Consider Renovation Plans for Sylvan Hotel
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QUOTE "One of the most difficult things to give away is kind 25* ness—it is usually return per ropy ed." -Cort R.Flint Jpi&bel ONE HUNDRED-SEVENTEENTH YEAR—No. 25 CHELSEA, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987 '2A Pages This Week Planning Commission To Consider Renovation mm:imfm?fmmmmmtt•>&*:>&< m . -• ::^m^^m •^^m^r^^i^k^ Plans for Sylvan Hotel By Brian Hamilton tween the Sylvan building and Long-. Most of the rental interest has come s-'&'M* -^.^^::. tr &&} tf^m-Jji Sylvan Hotel will be converted into worth Plating to allow deliveries, from local residents, Daniels said. Daniels said. However, he has not committed space : ; an office-retail center by new owners • '•'.".•A-T'-'^' ?-' 'V- ','•'-•'•• <•• '•'$ •'•'• •••• \": '••'•'• • il~. Each of the three floors will have ',:--'.- -,v..:-j'~^-V'-:^ • •&,•••» -.-i >;- r*•;;:;• • • *•••••-• - -s John and Anne Daniels of Chelsea. to anyone and says he won't until the *rr*> ?r-X '< *f-r *"r iV?. ^¾^ VC^f^t^b The Daniels are scheduled to pre four spaces to rent ranging from 450 to final plans are drawn. •:.-•** -,^--/-/¾ ; .;•"••.:^:v=s ^.-..^v:v-..,/S:..^ sent their site plans for the burned-out 650 square feet. One or more of those Daniels said he plans to begin building to the village planning com spaces could be combined, depending demolishing the inside of the building mission at the next commission on the needs of a tenant, Daniels said. at the end of the month. He said meeting Tuesday, Nov. 24. They hope The third floor will be office area demolition should take lVfe-2 months. to have the plan approved at that only, Daniels said. However, plans for Daniels said he doesn't yet know meeting, which would allow them to each floor have gotten no more how the building will look from Main begin construction. specific than that. St. and will make those decisions The Danielses bought the building "We want to get our final drawings later. from George Merkel this summer, by mid-December and then decide ' 'We will definitely make a lot of im almost exactly two years after it was what's going where," Daniels said. provements to the outside." gutted by fire. The building sat board ed up for two years. "We've steered away from building apartments as we had originally plan Zion Lutheran Church ned," Daniels said last week. "We've had a good enough response from people who want office and retail space that we didn't think we To Install New Pastor needed to build apartments." Zion Lutheran church, 3050 S. Flet By scrapping their plans for the cher Rd., Chelsea, is announcing the apartments, the Danielses will also arrival of the Rev. Mark Weirauch. save themselves a little time because The Rev. Weirauch and his family they won't need to obtain a special will begin their ministry in Chelsea on land use permit from the village. Their Nov. 29. Zion Lutheran church has building is zoned for commercial use been without a pastor since May of only. this year. If the Danielses follow through with The Rev. Weirauch attended Con their intentions, the Sylvan Hotel cordia Junior College, 1972-74, Con could become a center of attraction cordia Senior College from 1974 to 1976 downtown. and Trinity Lutheran Seminary from Their plans are to excavate on the 1976 to 1980. He served two congrega north side of the building and build tions in Illinois during his internship, two small courtyards. The excavation one in Mahomet and the other in would also allow the basement to Monticello. The last seven years the become a first floor with windows. Rev. Weirauch has been in Oak Har "We wanted to eliminate the base bor, 0., serving as the associate ment aspect of it because people pastor at St. John's Lutheran church. would think of themselves as being The Rev. Weirauch has been very The Rev. Mark Weirauch hidden away," Daniels said. active in youth ministry. He has "It won't be that way at all. There developed programs to reach children will be a lot of glass." of different age. levels. He has worked Athletic Boosters - The north side would contain the with young adults in local, district and Schedule Projects main entrance to the building. In addi national activities. He has also work SULLIVAN COMPANY, an oil company in Tulsa, going on.'' He said the company, which purchased the tion, there would be an elevator on the ed in adult education programs in For Fundraising Okla., is drilling off Farnsworth Rd. in Lyndon township mineral rights last year, has a permit to drill to 5,700 feet. north side, which would make the cluding Bible study and general spir- on land owned by Terry Schoonover. The company has Schoonover said that the last time he was able to go near building accessible to handicapped tual counseling. He has been active in Chelsea Athletic Boosters have been doing its best to keep the operation a secret. the rig, over a week ago, the drill had gone to 2,400 feet. customers and employees. the community through the Oak Har decided on several money-raising pro "They're not telling me nothing," Schoonover said Mon Schoonover said that as far as he knows the company has bor Ministerial Association, Rotary, a jects for the remainder of the school day. "They won't even let me near it. They hired two guys wells in Washtenaw and Livingston counties. The elevator, which will be added Youth Services Board, and the area year. full-time to keep people off the site. I don't know what's on to the outside of the current struc Lutheran Support Group. The group decided at its October ture, figures to be one of the Daniels' The Rev. Weirauch will be accom meeting to have placemats printed major expenses. However, Daniels panied by his wife Deborah, and their containing a calendar of Chelsea said that as of Oct. 1 the elevator is re three children, Rachel who is eight, athletic events. They would be sold to School Board Plans To Select quired by law. Andrew, three, and Kristin, nearly area restaurants. Other projects in „1_ Ol Daniels said that one of his poten two. Ms. Weirauch is a registered clude a dance, a sock hop, and a prom T»__ Tklt tial tenants wants to open a nurse currently working as a school fashion show with a luncheon. New Superintenaent i>y 'CI1 ^ JL delicatessen sandwich shop with out nurse. Booster funds have already been us door seating during good weather. The Rev. Weirauch's installation ed to purchase a videocassette "We'll leave the door open over the The deadline for applications is Jan. The placement directors will ex That tenant could possibly use one of service will be Sunday, Nov. 29,10:15 recorder, a 19-inch color television week-end and see who fits in the chair 15. Since they will be posted by Dec. 1, plain to the board their reasons for the courtyards. a.m., at Zion Lutheran church. The and an eight-hour battery pack for the when we come back," says school this means that interested parties chosing the ones they did and also A driveway will be maintained be- Rev. Kirk Haval, assistant bishop of athletic department's camcorder. superintendent Ray Van Meer, jok will have six weeks to apply. give advice on what kinds of informa the Eastern Michigan Synod, ELCA, The boosters meet the third ingly answering a question about how tion to seek in interviews and what will officiate. The congregation will Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. his successor will be chosen. In ac The board will solicit information questions to avoid. Car Swerves, hold a noon pot-luck in honor of the at the high school and anyone is tuality, the school board has outlined on the desired characteristics of the Interviews will be done by the entire Rev. Weirauch's installation. welcome to join. a schedule aimed at having a new superintendent by sending out a ques board. Before beginning interviews, superintendent in place by March 21. tionable to all school personnel and by the board will review the applications Misses Deer, The new superintendent will be holding a public hearing on Dec. 7 for to see if they want to add to the list selected by the school board with ad the rest of the community to give in any applicants not chosen by the Rolls Over put. placement directors. Public inter vice from university placement direc A Detroit-area man was shaken but tors and input from school employees On Jan. 18, seven university > views will take place Feb. 8 to 11. If more time is needed, they will con otherwise uninjured when the car he and community members. placement directors, from the Univer was driving rolled over as he was try As a first step, the board personnel sity of Michigan, Michigan State tinue Feb. 16 and 17. All interviews and discussions will be open to the ing to avoid hitting a deer last Thurs committee, composed of Ann Feeney, University, Wayne, Eastern Michigan day, Nov. 12. Ann Comeau, and Joe Redding, are University, Northern Michigan public, preparing a brochure explaining the University, Central Michigan Univer At the Feb. 15 board meeting, the According to the Washtenaw County job. After approval by the whole sity, and Western Michigan Universi board will decide which candidates Sheriff's Department, Joseph board, the brochure and job listing ty, will come to Chelsea to review the should be given a second interview.