QUOTE •‘Leisure Is the mother of 25 philosophy." - Thomas Hobbe.s fwr rttfty ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH YEAR No. 6 CHELSEA,.MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY,. JULY 9J9J6_____ fati&ttrb20 Pqfloa Thia Wgok %** ■ Darin Winkle Faces Life Prison Sentence On Murder Charge Former Chelsea resident Darin will have a pre-sentence hearing let the girl off in Ann .Arbor, and U*e Winkle was convicted of sec­ on Monday, July 14. she reported the incident to Ann ond decree murder in connection Winkle’s step-father, Lyle, had with the stabbing of his mnynjJ fmm CHalnna In Ittffl nftoy Arbor police. father at his step-father's home retiring from the Chrysler Prov­ Winkle was arrested by near Manistique. ing Grounds. Winkle had been liv­ Chelsea police later that day as ing with his step-father when the he was walking down Main St. He A second charge of kidnaping stabbing occurred. offered no resistance. He had a ended in a hung jury, according The kidnapping charge laceration on his leg from the to the Schoolcraft County Pro­ resulted from Winkle taking a fight with his father. secutor’s Office. 14-year-old Manistlque girl with According to the prosecutor's him to Ann Arbor after the stab- Ufinieln-. jfl. mhn ffloaa a moti. tilwet BUnlrla. uihrt Uft tho Upana la office, Winkle had been charged imum sentence of life in prison, his father's yellow pick-up truck, convicted on the lesser charge. Kevin Schrader Convicted In Hostage-Taking Incident Kevin Schrader, the 22-year-old sentenced to four to 20 years for 4,000 gallons of gasoline onto the Chelsea man who dressed up like extortion. station lot, and spilled merchan­ the fictional movie character, Schrader did not have a jury dise all over the floor of the ftambo and took a hostage at the trial and was defended by the building. Mobil gas station on M-52 last Public Defender's Office. Gaitan was released unharm­ August, was convicted on two The trial took place April 28. ed. separate charges in connection On Monday, Aug. 5, Schrader Schrader at first demanded n WAS HARD, HOT WOKE mruing ail that chicken, but Floyd at Iasi Friday’s Fourth of July festivities at the fairgrounds. The with the incident June 13. took station attendant Richard $10,000, a motor home, and a Rinehart, left, and Doug Helek of the American Legion, along with Legion served up 800 half chickens beginning before noon. The last of Schrader, a Brown Dr. resi­ Galtan, 32, of Jackson, hostage police escort to the state line. He the help of many others, turned out quite a load of barbecued chicken it was on the grill by 2 p.m. dent, was sentenced by circuit and held police at bay for irz l8ter modified that demand to a court judge Ross Campbell to two hours before surrendering. request for help. years eight months to four years During that time, Schrader Chelsea police and fire depart­ on the charge of assault with a fired at least 15 rounds from a ments, and the Washtenaw Coun­ dangerous weapon. He was also 12-gauge shotgun, pumped about ty Sheriff's Department assisted Disease Prevalent in Wheat at the scene. Sylvan Twp. Plans Handicap Crop Due to Wet Conditions To Enforce Zoning Ramp Set for Prospects for a repeat of last 80-100 bushels per acre. Ames commissaries overseas, Holmes manager Jerry Heydlauff. Wheat said. with the higher moisture content In an effort primarily to control councllmen also said they were Sylvan Hall year’s bumper wheat crop are said this year’s crop yvouldn’t the number of junked cars sitting concerned about what kind of not good, according to Bill Ames measure up to those standards, Honeggers & Co., Inc., will ac­ has to be dried, he said. but he wouldn't hazard a guess as, cept wheat with a moisture con­ Heydlauff said he wouldn't in the yards of Sylvan township r^c^ptiaa. the officer might Work will begin soon on the i. of the _ Co-operative Extension have an idea about this year’s homes, the township plans to hire receive when a citation is issued. construction of a handicap en­ Service. - - to the yield or: price fanners tent as high as 10 percent, but the trance at Sylvan Town Hali. Ames said as much as 10 to 20 price is discounted for anything yield until the wheat actually its first zoning enforcement of­ The township has never had a would get. starts coming in. ficer. zoning enforcement officer. According to Don Schoenberg, percent of some fields are diseas­ "Not enough," is all he would over 13.5 percent, according to "This will give a lotmore teeth Sylvan township supervisor, the ed due to the wet conditions this say about a projected price. “It’s my opinion that if an of­ 1 7 > I1 to our zoning ordinances," said ficer of the Jaw is present, the project will cost less than 43,000. - spring srtd early summer. F-rankenmulh and Augusta Don Schoenberg, township super­ people will see we mean The ramp will be constructed “The wet conditions created an varieties seem-to be what most V illage Flan s To H ire visor. business," Schoenberg said. at the back of the building In time environment good for disease," area farmers are planting, accor­ "WTien a junked car Is in the When a person is in violation of for the state primary election Ames said. ding to several sources. yard next door, it affects the a zoning ordinance, he will first Tuesday, Aug. 5. " I don’t think the disease will Chelsea Milling Co., the largest New Police Sergeant value of the property around it. be notified in writing, Schoenberg “We had originally budgeted affect the over-all crop a great area user of wheat, will buy about Now we should be able to deal said. Upon the second visit, the $40,000 for the project because we deal. But you can look out into the 3 million bushels, most of it from Village of Chelsea has derided The final candidates will be with that problem." violator will be issued a ticket to didn’t know if we’d have to put in fields and see every disease." co-operatives in the thumb region to hire a full-time police recommended by a professional The zoning enforcement officer appear in court. He said violation a hydraulic lift or not,” Ames said the most common of the state, according to Dudley sergeant, a position which has not examining board, which will will be in charge of ticketing peo­ of a zoning ordinance is Schoenberg said. “That would disease he’s seeing is scab, which Holmes, Jr., vice-president. been filled since former sergeant review all the credentials. ple who are in violation of the zon­ punishable by a fine of $500 per have cost $25,000.” means the wheat kernels are not Some will be bought from area. Lenard McDougall became chief The sergeant position is a non­ ing ordinances. The township is day. Schoenberg said the ramp is filled. He said rust and mildew farmers. Chelsea Milling, makers nearly two years ago. union position. negotiating with the Washtenaw being installed in the back are other common problems. of Jiffy Mix products, uses only Councilman Fhil Boham, a Boham recommended the County Sheriff’s Department to Schoenberg said he hopes Zon­ because the architecture of the Last year’s crop produced Michigan wheat. member of the village’s person­ sergeant's salary be 15 percent provide an officer to back up the ing Inspector Charles Burgess building in the front won’t allow Holmes said the trucks would nel committee, said at the most higher than the people he or she township officer when a citation will become the enforcement of­ the ramp to be installed there. probably start rolling into town recent village council meeting supervises. He said the position is is being issued. ficer because, "it would fall in “We could not meet the code in W alkaway Nabbed sometime .around July 17-20. last Tuesday, July 1, that the already in the village’s budget. line with his duties, and we’d Earlier, the township tried un­ Lmm. ,1w. Aj.anMlnrtA a! *A4-Un.tm.l the front," he said.1 By Chelsea Police When that starts happening,- chief smmiu u3vc 5 p€r30n ummST"" 'Bunam aisu iTiuiOatCu tixiutuc successfully to have the Village. wreiau»«u,u6v V* «,v» He said a double, wooden ramp trucks are sometimes backed up him to serve as a liaison for the village will be saving money by of Chelsea supply the back-up to hire another employee.” will be constructed, and that a A Cassidy Lake Technical to Lanewood. rest of the police department. hiring Chris Kruger to take Rick police help. However, the village Schoenberg said the pay rate handicap parking spot will likely School escapee was captured by As many as 75,000 to 80,000 Boham outlined a series of Walters place as a full-time council balked at the idea, mainly for the new position has not been be created in back. Chelsea police at a local conve­ bushels a day will be brought to recommendations for the hiring police officer. Walters recently because it didn’t want Chelsea established. He said he hopes to “We have IS and a half feet in nience store Friday, July 4. the company, which has a of the new sergeant, which was resigned to take a position with police officers to go on business have ail the loose ends tied up by the back, which should be enough According to police, Lee storage capacity of 1 million approved by the council.