EAST JORDAN PUBLIC LIBRARY PO BOX G EAST JO;U,A;I, KI, 49727 Combining the best of news from Boyne City, East Jordan, Boyne Falls and Walloon Lake CHARLEVOIX COUNTY PRESS Vol. 103, No. 36 November 10,1982 25 cents School Board gives 48 hours to find coach The Boyne City school board gave with a case against dropping the sport. practice. (volunteer) for seventh and eighth the only significant concerns that the of the state objectives in reading and 90 Judi Kenyon a 48-hour extension on She pointed out that some of the other Besides this, she added, wrestling grade basketball, and Rob PoUey (also students felt they had were in sched­ percent reached the state's objectives in their drop-wrestling edict. Kenyon, a sports had volunteer coaches who were makes a place for the Student who .is volunteer) for sixth grade basketball. uling and in the need to be chal­ arithmetic, according to elementary parent, was given the time to find a not qualified in first aid. She said also short on the co-ordination required in No one has come forth to coach girls' lenged—by textbooks and by teaching school principal Ed Snyder. volunteer coach for the wrestlers. the wrestling program was not more other sports. She spoke of the unusual cheerleading, principal Rick Casper methods. Middle school's first two dances of The board had decided the lack of a likely to produce injuries than the others improvement in physical achievement said. The administration people, who par­ the year went off without a hitch, qualified coach for the volunteer sport if coached from the proper standpoint. of one student in particular, due to the The student council report on the ticipated mainly from the sidelines in principal Jack Cyr said. and the lack of student interest in it Wrestling is a poor man's sport, she wrestling program. November 4 Student Froum was given this student-run endeavor, commented High school students have been were sufficient reasons for the cancel­ said, because the student, who could Lack of interest this year, she said, by Wendy Doyle, student council secre­ they were much impressed. visited by seven college representatives lation. December 2 is the date for the not afford the expensive equipment was due in large part to the fact that tary. She said after hearing general Over 500 attended the elementary and the Air Force van. Casper said the season's opener. necessary, say, to participate in skiing, students felt no one would be found to problems of students in other schools in school open house on October 28. Air Force said, "If you're not a high Kenyon came to the board meeting had only to brine his muscles to coach them. Eleven had signed up. the 11-school district, "We were really Testing of elementary school children school ^graduate, please don't waste our She asked for a postponement of the happy to be in Boyne City." She said showed 93 percent reached 100 percent time." board's decision, so that she herself could try to find a coach. The board on a six to one vote gave her the 48 hours, saying there were unfortunately a lot of sports the board could not properly support because of a lack of funds. Five coaches were approved: Bill Fry for skiing, Rocky Rickard for ninth grade basketball (a volunteer position), Sarah Bricker for volleyball, Bud Beebe Council says yes to suit against BVRR or whoever Whoever owns the rails will be responsible in the civil suit approved Tuesday, Nov. 9 by the Boyne City city commission. The city wants the rails once used by the Boyne Valley Railroad taken out of street crossings now that the rest of the rails have been for the Street merchants, Art Gibbs of the Dairy Queen, and Welton most part taken up. With the formal opening of Water Street taking place shortly after last week's deadline, these interested coancUmen and [Mac] McNIcbols of the Boyne River Inn. Also watching on City attorney William McTaggart said - women lined up on the street watching while councuwoman were representatives from the C.H. Smith Company, the because "we have a problem knowing . Thehua Behlmg rat the ribbon 'being held by two Water general contMcton for the Improvement Job. who owns them," the civil suit would be preferable to criminal complaint be­ cause it leaves the designation of the responsible party up to the judge. Riprapping shoreline to be McTaggart said in the event that the owners are discovered before the suit is heard, the city can always pursue a criminal complaint, which would be quicker and less expensive for the city. done in East Jordan What the city is after is costs for removing the rails and paving the area. Riprapping of the shoreline from the aid, will help prtevent erosion, Dionne on November 2 took note of a series of The state has already done this where it corner of Memorial Park over to the said. updates, the first being a commenda­ has jurisdiction on Boyne Avenue. boat launch on the other side of the As for the other projects, the prelim­ tion for city young people on their Whether they have recovered costs is bridge will be done, city superintendent inary lighting plan for the airport is due almost universal fine behavior in cele­ not known. Mike Dionne said, as soon as the in about 30 days, Dionne reported. And brating Halloween. The commendation Charlevoix County has repaired the six-inch iron sewer line is found. he said the spUce-and-drive work on the was given by police chief Joe Ham­ crossings in its jurisdiction and also has The undetected sewer line held the city dock was complete. The rest of the mond.' a civil suit for costs against whoever is project up originally when the park was dock reconstruction will wait on the The city council approved a $1,944 responsible. renovated with the aid of a grant from water's freezing over. bid to rewire the police and ambulance It wlD always be Christmas in East Jordan now with this 25-foot bhw spruce planted McTaggart pointed out that costs, U.S. Soil Conservation Service. A third project, the on-going Tourist quarters. Bids to reroof the main sewer' in front of the senior citizen quarters on Main Street. Senior dusen staffer Phfllls now estimated for Boyne City at around Dionne said in a later interview, "We Park improvement, is, Dionne said, plant and three lift stations were Legato stands nearby to give an Idea of the size of the tree donated to the dry by the $3,700, may go higher as a solution to may put in an alternate pipe line." about one-third complete. referred to committee for study. They Bod Scott family. the problem is delayed. The riprapping, paid for with S.C.S. The East Jordan city council meeting ranged from $2,375 to $4,090. Salmon fishing stirs up Jordan River, Lake waters "I don't like putting dams on the Fisheries Program for the DNR said, spawn. Before that, the general con­ destructive to mayflies along with other "Is there anything in the program that At the meeting three petitions were river any more than you river-lovers however, that small barrier dams about jecture is, they can be anywhere in the insects and this has been hard on trout would cause deterioration of the water available, one by trout fishermen, and do," a speaker for the Department of 16 inches high were going to be lakes or Lake Michigan. which feed on mayflies. in Lake Charlevoix?" Borgeson answer­ all directed toward having the weir. But Natural Resources said at the East necessary to prevent sea lamprey from Thus, according to Borgeson, plant­ The DNR has used the chemical ed, "No." some sport fishermen are concerned Jordan Chamber of Commerce public going up-river to spawn. He said ing fish in Lake Charlevoix could mean against lampreys every three or four He said, "You don't just jump into a that salmon eat trout out in the lake. meeting on Thursday, Nov. 4. further, if people in the East Jordan that some could be caught by people in years. Borgeson said that besides being salmon program without consulting the Gill nets are not pulling in salmon in Dave Borgeson, Assistant Chief of area wanted it, the barrier could also be Wisconsin, but, he said, enough stay or hard on trout, it is also expensive, people. If you want the program, we any numbers, Borgeson said. adapted to prevent chinook salmon from return to make planting viable. He said costing some $40,000 each time, and wouldn't be planting the salmon before Bringing the meeting to a close, Judy Start construction spawning, and placed in the Jordan a plant of a million would return about that is why they would rather go to next spring—dot one-half million the Shea, executive director of the East River. 150,000. lamprey barriers. first year, but we will be producing Jordan Chamber of Commerce, noted on hangars About 115 attended the meeting at Along with the planting, a barrier Starting with the lamprey barrier and moreen takes about three years before that hundreds of people here go south the Civic Center, arranged by the would have to go across the Jordan, to adding what would be necessary for a seeing results from the first planting." for fishing. New airport hangars will go in at Chamber to open public discussion on prevent salmon spawning and the salmon weir would cost a total of up to Boyne City Airport in three weeks, City developing East Jordan as a focus for ensuing problems.