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c JUNE 14, 1995 14 VOLUME 89, NUMBER 11 5, pg I;I: 5 q J 7 5; 3C?Z,: iY, FIFTY CENTS PAGES Cass Ciw millage okayed School board trustees named in light vote Voters in the Kingston and in revenue annually for op- nard Bishop over 3 other Ziehm, the lone candidate, Ubly school districts elected erations in the district. newcomers to fill a single received 51 votes. new board members, and Also Monday, voters re- open board seat vacated by There was no millage ques- Cass City residents approved elected incumbent trustees incumbent Jim Green, who tion on the ballot. a vital millage renewal in James Turner and Marilyn did not seek reelection. Monday’s annual school Peters, the only candidates Bishop received I77 votes, UBLY elections. seeking 2 available 4-year while John Borek Jr. gar- In Cass City, renewal of the terms. Peters rcccived 425 nered 49, votes, Thomas Likewise, there was no mill- GREENLEAFTOWNSHIP residents express their concerns about a second pheas- 18-mill non-homestead tax votes and Turner, 4 IC) votcs. Hand rcceived 27 votes and age vote in the Ubly Com- ant hunting ranch proposed by Rooster Ranch Hunt Club owner Kim Anthony. in place under Proposal A In all, 490 of the district’s James Watros, 9 votes. munity Schools, but voters passed by a margin of 244 registered voters cast ballots Write-in candidate Douglas filled a pair of 4-year school 1.3 1. Kramer received one vote. Anthony’s conditional land use permit application was denied by the township votes, 375 to for a turnout of nearly 30 board seats.. There W~Sno inillage ques- planning commission Wednesday. The 5-year levy, which at- ‘zpercent’ Tn other area clectinns: Elected to Serve 4-year fects only business and other tion on the ballot. terms were newcomers non-homestead property, KINGSTON A total Of 264 votes were Janice Sageman and Luann percent of the district’s reg- votes and 200 votes, respec- Planners nix proposed istered voters. tively. Another newcomer, Ronald Briolat, garnered 167 School repair OWEN-GAGE votes. Incumbent trustees J. Kevin It was a quiet night in the O’Connor and Harold hunt club in Greenleaf Owen-Gage district, where Swartzentruber did not seek program now 51 voters - about 4.5 per- reelection. primarily residential inter- by Melissa B. lbrmo 24 commission meeting, Hanby asked the audience if e 1 cent of the disrrict’s rcgis- A total of 340 residents Staf‘f Writer where many residents ex- they would be willing to ne- ests, Anthony said, adding tered voters - turned out to went to the polls, represent- pressed concerns about lack gotiate conditions under during the time he was ap- in jeopardy reelect incumbent Trustce ing 1 I percent of the Unless Rooster Ranch Hunt of safety and noise generated which Anthony could open plying for a conditional land Rick Ziehm. district’s registered voters. Club owner Kim Anthony by the ranch. the second pheasant hunting use permit, he watched the commission routinely stop Next Monday’s meeting of the Cass City School takes further action, his plans “We spend a lot of time out- farm. Board promises to be of more than usual interest to build a second pheasant side all year round,” town- No one offered any options, efforts to start new busi- nesses. because the board’s plan for a pay-as-you go repair Woman escapes hunting ranch in Greenleaf ship resident Marsha Spitza and the vote was taken. of the middle school building is in jeopardy. Township will not become said Wednesday. “They had their minds set, “They’re not taking busi- ness interests into consider- The problem is that it inay be impossible to start reality. Anthony explained at both and you have to go with the repairs on the building unless all of the require- majority,” Hanby said. ation,” he said. in roll-over crash After around 20 minutes of meetings he would continue ments to bring the buildiijg up to code are met. An public discussion at a to enforce high safety stan- But Braun said Anthony Anthony has 30 days start- architect was to confer with State Fire Marshal’s should have been given a ing Wednesday to appeal the the A Clinton Township woman shoulder, then overcorrected, Wednesday meeting, the dards and wanted to allow his office and is expected to attend Monday’s meeting Greenleaf Township Plan- chance to negotiate and to decision to an appeal board was treated for minor injuries causing her vehicle to cross son to work in the family to let the board know just where it stands. ning Commission voted 3-1 business and stay in the area. decide whether he wanted to composed of Braun, after losing control of her the road and veer off onto the A representative from the fire marshal’s office was deny conditional land operate second ranch un- Greenleaf Township board vehicle and rolling it over in south side, where it rolled to a “It doesn’t fit in every- a invited to attend the meeting but declined, saying use permit to Anthony. der agreed upon restrictions. member Mark Battel and ap- a water-filled ditch about 2 over and came to rest in the where, and I took that into that it did not w:mt to get involved in local politics. Commission chairman Joe consider at i o n ,” An tho n y “I feel it’s OK to have a pointee iiuocr i LkLong. a miles south of Cass City Fri- ditch . said he also is consider- -Superintendent Ken Micklash is on vacation and day night. Braun opposed the motion said, adding he looked for an ranch there with a lot of con- He was not available for comment. ing expanding his hunt club The driver, Danielle L, Rosenthal, who was wear- I which prohibits Anthony area with fewer houses when ditions,” he said. The original first step in the middle school reno- from turning a section of the deciding where to apply for As of Friday, Anthony had to include shooting sporting Rosenthal, 19, was north- ing a seat belt, was trans- clays through the summer. vation plan was to have cost $138,850. It was to bound on Cemetery Road, ported by Cass City-Mercy Sanilac State Game Area 2 a permit. not decided whether he have provided for the closing of openings in corri- “I have to make a living just north of Kelly Road, Ambulance to Hills and miles north of Cass City But no explanations or would appeal the decision or dor walls behind lockers. in classroom walls and Road on Hadley Road into a promises seemed to satisfy whether he would expand his with my family,” Anthony ,when the 6;26 p.m. accident Dales General’Hospital, explained. behind casework, plus the installation of stairway occurred. where she was treated and scaled-down version of his the residents attending Rooster Ranch Hunt Club on enclosures for floor separation on all 3 levels. Rooster Ranch Hunt Club. Germania Road. Commissioner A1 Tuscola County Sheriff’s then released. Wednesday’s meeting. The progrim was adopted by a 5-2 vote, with The decision came after Kosowski. who made the deputies reported Rosenthal Deputies cited the motorist Near the end of the meet- The planning commission Beverley Auten and Joan Helwig voting against it. hours of discussion at a May infi, commissioner Don is composed of people with Please turn to back page. drove off ihe northbound for dareless driving. Faith sending Cerneks to Tatarstan Door open to evangelists in Russia now primitive, even for Russia, also something the children A Cass City pastor and his ready serving in Tatarstan, visited the local church. Dean continued, with few need.” family will leave the “comfort automobiles and few of the She explained the children of their Cass City home later “Through them we became acquainted with Tat ars tan. conveniences taken for will miss out on some oppor- this summer to obey a call to granied in this country. tunities, but will gain others the mission field in a region The 2 things that struck me were the total lack of Chris- The Cerncks said they ex- by living in Russia, includ- where comfort, at least as pect to live in one of the more ing learning 2, perhaps 3 lan- they have come to know the tian leadership; they don’t have a single leader with urban areas where housing guages, and being more cul- word, is at a minimum. consists of small apartments, turally adept. In a matter of months, the qualifications beyond what a Sunday school teacher would or flats, that offer electricity “The opportunities, in the Rev. Dean Cernek, pastor of and running water. end, are going to be greater,” the Evangelical Free Church, have here,” Dean said. “We have more pastors in this city “We’ll drop 20 pounds, so added Kris, who plans to his wife, Kris, and the we’re told,’’ Kris remarked, continue home schooling her couple’s children, Jacob, 8, - Cass City - than in the whole republic of Tatarstan. referring to the availability children. Jennifer, 6, and Jesse, 4, will and variety of foods in Rus- The Cerneks, who have call Tatarstan, Russia, their PERSONAL BURDEN sia compared to what the served the local church for 3 home. couple is used to. She years, will be resigning ef- “This whole thing is over- pointed out, however, that fective at the end of July. In whelming,” Dean, 39, re- “The other thing was just a personal burden in seeing the they will have financial re- August, they will move to cently acknowledged of the sources that will enable them Illinois to begin training to decision to pack up and de- need there and feeling the Lord just wanted us to go.” to get by.

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