35? per copy P\Vi '24 Pages' This Week ^ppt«m.n) Plans To Spend 000^ To^Fenee- Lake Fri&on •i State of Michigan will spend an Washtenaw County Sheriff Ron "We believe that most of our ' timated $200,000 to construct a Schebil, Chelsea Police Chief Lenard walkaways from Cassidy Lake^ajrj^ ,-r-foot fence with concertina wire McDougall, and other area enforce­ ( spontaneous," Brown said! fatound Cassidy Lake Technical ment and elected officals, and "the "Most of them are not something * "ihool this spring. consensus, from everybody, was to the inmate sits down and plans. Ob­ Bob Brown, director of the Depart­ fence it." She said the state was not viously there are a few of them, ^ut ment of Corrections, and state Sen. "living up to its responsibilties," to people who have a propensity to fcana Pollack held a joint news con­ the people in the area. escape we don't put out in camps like ference at the minimum security Cassidy Lake is the Only facility in prison Monday afternoon to announce Cassidy Lake. I believe most of the : the 15-prison camp system that is walkaways come from the inmate the-decision. " unfenced. And not coincidentally, it who is out of bounds, for"whatever Cassidy Lake has long been a focal has far more walkaways than any* reason. We've found that when we point of controversy in the Chelsea other institution. From Jan. 1 through fenced the other camps that we would area due to the number of prisoners Dec. 15, of last year there were 45 have a reduction in drop-offs along the who walk away from the facility, walkaways. Parole Camp, opposite road, for instance contraband. many of whom are captured in or near the ' State Prison of Southern Somebody in a pre-arranged drop-off the .village. In addition, there has been Michigan, had 23. The next highest of a six-pack of beer somewhere along j|ofying concern about the kind of number was 15, in Pontiac. ' the road. The fence isgoing to stop the criminal incarcerated there. The project, which Pollack said inmate from going out to the road to < A MAJOR SNOWMOBILE BUSINESS west of Chelsea by the time < firefighters arrived. Nearly a dozen : "To be totally.honest, I went to Bob she'd like to see finished by July, will pick it up. We believe that many of our to Jackson county burned down Monday morning, snowmobiles were lost in the fire, which apparently (Brown) and said 'this has got to completely enclose about 75 acres of walkaways over the years come from Hknsen's Sports Center, specialists in snowmobiles and started in a workshop area while one of the owners was on stop', " Pollack said when asked why land and water with about 7,500 linear someone going out to pick up_ that $KfeL**?f,8a™ig aiid eqirtpment, suffered about the telephone. Specific cause of the blaze was undetermin- -the-statehas decided to fence the feet of fence. An additional 13 acres, dropoff, be it a sIx-^k"oT^eer~or~ prison. ,, also part of the prison property, will 1116,000 in damage*; according to fire chief Bud Hankerd. ed as of press time. The business is located on Seymour drugs or whatever, via the girlfriend ''What we're looking at now is two not be fenced. However, Brown said or spouse or whoever. They're out of The 54'by 52'pole bam was completely engulfed in flames R<J. things. OneHthe number (of escapes) all prisoners will be kept inside the bounds*Temporarily, what's meant to has gone up. The fear and harassment Sw^.'mxMmvW&ii fence.. be temporary, they get ready to that the people in the community feel In addition, although a fence' will be »*•<!. W?%»Vft%*SJ*nL return and they find out we've taken has increased. And frankly it's a constructed, the classification of the an unscheduled count, and say 'gee, recognition thai who we have in prison will remain the same- I'm caught.' Then they split. We think prison today and who we have in the minimum security, Pollack said. the fence will eliminate that kind of corrections system today overall is a Prison officials also said about 95 walkaway." little tougher,. and more resistant to percent of the perimeter will be rehabilitation ... By fencing it we're Chelsea Chief McDougall sounded a lighted with existing lighting. little skeptical of the announcement. admitting a degree of defeat." the contract will be let out for bids, • Pollack said her office over the last this spring. Prison labor will not be "I'll .believe iLjshen I see it," he couple of months talked with used, Brown said. said Monday. ^~ HANSEN'S SPORT CENTER on Seymour Rd. burned according to chief Bud Hankerd, apparently broke out in to the ground Monday morning. The 21-year-old business the workshop area. Damage estimate was placed at specializes in snowmobiles. The building was totally in $116,000, which included six new snowmobiles, five used Jlames when Chelsea firefighters arrived at11:13 a.m^ jmes^as-wellas-clothes, helmets, and tools. -Grass Lake firefighters were also on the scene. The fire, DDA Develops Shopper Survey Chelsea Downtown Development Approximately 20 percent of the results as soon as they are made Authority has put together a-Cnelsea 4324 households m what is considered available. Consumer Survey" aimed a[collect- the primary market (Village of The survey, which will take rapre ing a variety of information about how Chelsea, and Lima, Dexter, Lyndon, man a few minutes to complete, seeks MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS an­ hews conference Monday at the prison to announce the area residents use the downtown area an6T~Sylvari township1"~fe~Deiag" iphic information; nounced Monday thaTlt will construct a fence around decision. The project is estimated to cost *M),UUU ana in- and what-they—perceive as its sttweyed.Approxm^ately^rveT)ercent—such as the age and income of Cassidy Lake Technical SchooH ada half of fence. ,^ ^—-,—- strength-4 .u_s an.-^-..-d weaknesses. of the remaining 7,393 households will respondents, as well .as detailed con­ director Bob Brown and state Sen. Lana Pollack held a " „ The 21-questionN survey is being also receive surveys'. sumer information. In fact, one ques­ mailed, with return postage, to more tion is aimed specifically at determin­ than 1,300 families in the village and The;survey, designed by PDA con­ ing the effect of the new Ames depart­ surrounding area, including the sultant Chase-Mogdis, Inc., is the first ment store on the area. villages of Grass Lake, Manchester, effort of its kind by the DDA. The in­ Questions ask what kind of Pinckney, and townships of Lima, itial cost, which does not include a establishments are visited, such as Sylvan, Dexter, Lyndon, Freedom, tabulation or analysis of results, is restaurants, professional services, or tee, Manchester, Putnam, $1,090, most of it for postage. etaU stores; what kind~of~merc Sharon, Unadilla, and Waterloo. The Standard will publish the (Continued from pagetiiree) Chelsea fourth, seventh, and 10th .'•XIJ, v •*v.^,:,K*\,>**'< "grade, students equalled or surpassed >v 1^ state averages on nearly all phases of f*$ the 198849 Michigan Educational 4th Grade 7th Grade 10th Grade Assessment Program examination, Math Reading Main Reading , Math Reading according to a report by high school counselor-Sue Carter.- * Arm Arbor 1988 90.7 88.0 - 81.9 91.9 75.4, 85.6. The report was distributed at Mon­ ispr day night's regujM school board SrpKZSws mmmmmmsmmt meeting. ~- • * , ~ M At the fourth grade level, Chelsea Dexter 1988 94.3 ,90.8,,, 76.9..^91.0^ 82,5, 91,2,^,. students surpassed the state averages •KlTSii^SSyffi:::}:i>':So.':S:'a< injuTareas of reading and silence. 88$msffl&tm. T mmmi^^&^^^mm^m They alsolbwpeli Se'averages Hfefocolft 1988 ^ffjfju^iz^ j8r-8lf9 50;8--70i6 most areas of math. r WKKBrnmmmmsmmmimssm Seventh graders followed the same SI*?I ,i' „.". 77; 5 87.5 76.3 903T trend and surpassed stale averages in mmfflmmmmm&$M all areas of reading and science, and Man 1988 most areas of math. I At the 10th grade level, students 1 wms^mmmPw 91.1L94.9 ,.. 68.0 ., 88.3 , 74.1 .,,78.6,^ beat the state.averages on all parts of w the math, science, and reading tests. H&n^MS w^^j^tUS^Mi^ii^W^^ At all three grades, Chelsea also Whitmore Lake 1988 82.4::.83,8^1^77.8^0,0^,.,,70.7 70,L,W: had more performers in the top achievement category on all three WlltewJun^J^es 87.3..;..7M,„,: 63.3 80.2 46.7 69.3 , tests than the state. •§Itilill|ll1*87; 55^8^^1-34.4:,-595¾ "For example, at the fourth grade 1988 7Q$:mMz 63.1 ,78.3 51.9, 62.1 \/ level in mathematics, Chelsea had si&7 83.1 76.1 mii^M!&wm:.u 92.3 percent our our students in the top 84i;iJB;3S 72*4 83.4 WJS 80.7 State Ave. 1988 87.0 82.3 achievement area and 0 percent in the m ^^^^^^ 1 lowest area compared to the state Scorw IndfcatB porwot of students who achieved 75% ortftoro of objectives. ^'fcfflwHfr&T ** * "* averages which had 87 percent in the mm®- mm j >'-„<• jNyvA* • ." v \±*y i- top area and 0:5 "percent, in the v&t<*^-> lowest," Carter's report said. Chelsea functions * as a regional when compared to surrounding school THE HAMMERSCHMIDT HOME on Ridge Rd.