0-G State Aid Down, Local Taxes up 2.18 Mills Faced with Tougher Finan- Also Voted to Borrow Monies Levy for the 1976Debt Retire- Nav
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... , . .. - -- ._ ,... .- ”_. ,- CASS CITY CHRONICLE - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16,1991 VOLUME 85, NUMBER 28 THIRTY CENTS 16 PAGES PLUS TWO SUPPLEMENTS Costs climb, says Kirby 0-G state aid down, local taxes up 2.18 mills Faced with tougher finan- also voted to borrow monies levy for the 1976debt retire- Nav. 6 for a 100-day period. tors. cial times in the coming this year on anticipated tax ment. A special meeting was They include receiving DON ROBERSON, 71, said thank-you to the village of months, Owen-Gage School revenues, something the Monday’s Truth in Taxa- scheduled for 7 p.m. at.28 less state aid last year than officials held a Truth in district hasn’t had to do in 3 tion hearing was held in at the high school to open expected because the state Kingston recently by building this covered bridge, which was Taxation hearing and then years. compliance with the bids from interested finan- overpaid the district the year approved a tax hike of No citizens attended the Headlee Amendment, cial institutions. before, he said. Less aid is installed Saturday at a small park on thedwest side of King- 2.1835 mills Monday night. brief hearing, during which which requires taxing units According to Kirby, expected this year as well, I ston. The Board of Education school Supt. Harley Kirby to hold a public hearing if Owen-Gage will have a bal- with Owen-Gage barely recommended setting the they wish to collect addi- ance of $26 l,180 at the end maintaining its “in-for- 1991 operational millage tional tax revenue - up to of September. That figure is mula” status due, in part, to In Kingston levy at 39.3 mills and the but not exceeding the infla- expected to dwindle to a con tinying trend of declin- 1976 debt retirement levy at tion rate - due to an in- $93,989 by the end of Octo- ing enrollment, 2 mills, for a total of 41.3 crease in land values. ber, and without a loan, the At the same time, costs in mills. During the school board’s district will be more than general have continued to Based on a 1991 state regular monthly meeting $30,000 in the red in No- climb, and the district has Roberson builds covered equalized valuation of Monday, Kirby predicted vember, he said. incurred a number of one- $3 1,12O,S5O, the addi ‘onal cash-flow problems will hit time expenses, including millage will increase0k rat- the district in November, MONEY PROBLEMS more than $25,000 for roof ing jrevenues in the district and recommended that the repairs at the elementary lbridgeto say thank-you by 5$8 percent, or $67,952. board approve borrowing Although not a serious fi- school and $18,000 for the Last year, Owen-Gage had $250,000 on anticipated tax nnancial crisis, Kirby later purchase of a school van. In addition, contin- Roberson said he ap- an SEV of $29,685,564 and revenues. commented that the Kirby At 7 1, Don Roberson says helped us get to our feet. It Roberson, who began the levied a total of 42.9692 ued, the Owen-Gage board seemed like everybody proached village President projcct in mid August, ini- The board approved a district’s money problems he feels younger than he mills, including a 4.12-mill motion borrow the money are the result of several fac- should on some days. trusted us and helped us get Arlo Ruggles, suggested tially thought the project to Please turn to back page. That feeling has been settled - the lumberyard that a new bridgc be con- would pretty much be a sur- around quite a bit lately, carried us and the hardware structed and said he’d be prise to the community, But .. , jndging by the large covered and just abut every store,” willing to build it. “I was it didn’t work out that way. bridge sitting in his drive- he remarked Thursday at his half serious,” Roberson “It scemed like everybody way last \iveek. English Road home. “That joked, in the country stopped by,” The bridge, installed Sat- was way back after World After the Village Council he recalled. “The closer I urday at a small village park War I1 - 1948. You know, formally accepted his offer, got to completing it, the just west of thelight in King- those were rough times, but Roberson, a former Air more who would come. It ston, was built by Roberson, we have a lot of good memo- Force mechanic, went to was a big attraction every who says he’s always en- ries.” work on a design. day.” joyed working with wood. It was those memories, in The village spent $2,500 Roberson said he knew But the project was much part, that prompted Rober- on materials, and in 3 weeks, maybe half of those who more than an extension of son to offer to build the Roberson transformed a stopped by to admire his Roberson’s hobby; it was bridge, which has replaced a stackof treated lumber into a work. There were a lot of his way of saying thank-you broken cement path over bridge that spans 24 feet in kids, who enjoyed running to the community that wel- Elder Creek. length, is 6 feet wide and 10 up and down the length of ;omed him and his wife with “The bridge had been 1/2 feet high. The structure the bridge, Before the roof open arms 43 years ago. raised by the frost every year is trimmed with cedar and is was finished, they would “We moved here and eve- and they would have to re- covered with hand-split rybody was so good to us and pair it,” he explained. cedar shingles. Please turn to back page. For Kovlton swervisor Recallelection set Jan. 7 A special election has been ber of signatures required. Township Board voted in Sykora filed a motion asking tentatively set for Jan. 7 in a Boyne, who was notified favor of an agreement in the court to order Pioneer recall effort targeting long- early last week, has 30 days which Pioneer officials officials to immediately time Koylton Township to challenge the signatures, would be given a 6-month cease operations and vacate Supervisor Terry Boyne. Brown said. extension to work out pos- the property. ABOUT 100 BENEFACTORS attended the benefit concert Sunday afternoon at First Pres- That’s according to Tus- The recall effort, spear- sible changes in the That motion was granted, byterian Church, Cass City. Two acclaimed musicians donated services to raise between cola County Clerk Erma headed by Mark Eschtruth township’s zoning ordi- although the camp program $4,500 and $5,000 for the Bach Festival. William Preucil left, is first violinist of the famed Brown, who said organizers and Ronald Brief, stems nance. failed to close within a 10- Jr., ]of the effort successfully from the township’s zoning The recall petition charges day deadline imposed by the Cleveland Quartet. Arthur Rowe, teacher at the University of Iowa, accompanied Preucil collected more than the 92 battle with Pioneer Work that contrary to the board’s court. and also presented a piano solo. Works from Mozart, Saint-Saens and Kreisler were signatures needed to place and Learn Center, a rehabili- motion and expressed The matter was finalized the issue before voters. tation program for male wishes, Boyne along with earlier this month, when presented. The artists received standing ovations. The signatures of 182 reg- juvenile delinquents opcrat- township Zoning Board Joslyn issued a second order istered township voters were ing at Kingston Hills Camp Chairman Russell Mayer directing the Pioneer pro- collected and submitted, near Kingston. and Zoning Board attorney gram to close, and warned Brown said, She added the Following a 3-year court J. Anthony Sykora, refused that failure to comply would county Election Commis- battle, the program was to advise Tuscola County result in “serious trouble.” AFTER THE CON- sion, composed of herself, ruled in violation of town- Circuit Judge Patrick R. Pioneer officials have indi- county Probate Judge W. ship zoning laws. Joslyn of the board’s pro- cated they will leave CERT most of the I Wallace Kent Jr. and county Township zoning officials posal during an Aug. 30 Koylton Township by the spectators attended a Treasurer Patricia Donovan, moved to seek closure of the court hearing. Jan.4 deadline, with plans to verified the minimum num- Pioneer program, but the Instead, the petition notes, relocate to Vassar. light lunch buffet at the home of the Lam- Area accidents bert Althavers, Cass City. Althaver, right foreground, said that Crash injures Car0 man a big plus for the con- cert was that it at- A Car0 man was critically Ringle Road near Larbee ing to rest near a graveled police, Robert F. Coverdill, tracted new music injured Friday when he lost Road when the 8:45 a.m. portion of the intersection, 64,was eastbound on East control of his motorcycle in accident occurred, accord- reports state. CassCity Roadabouta half- appreciation devo- Juniata Township. ing to troopers from the state Troopers emphasized that mile east of Seeger Street tees from the Mid- As of Tuesday morning, police post in Caro. They there was no collision or when a deer entered the the motorist, Raymond C. stated Bragg either heard a contact with the train. roadway and jumped onto land-Bay City-Sagi- Bragg, 40, remained in criti- train whistle or saw a train The accident remains un- his windshield. naw area.