qL ’J/. CASS CITY CHROWCLE-(.* .,., VOLUME 73 NUMBER 2 CAS$ CIW, MICmGAN -THURSDAY,MAY 3,1979 ”,, 18 PAGES PLUS 2 SUPPLEMENTS +. ht, --_ L y5 . e Paving pro& 3-1- \d for local airport rmway Improvements may be in about 16 of Hutchinson’s 157 Federal funds pay up to 80 from an improved airport. the offing for Rolling Hills acres Because it is roughly percent of the cost for One it would help is Walbro Airport. in the center of his property, airport improvements (but Corp All that’s needed is more he doesn’t want to sell it to not for purchases) How According to Hutchinson, than $90,000 the village -- assuming that ever, according to the state the company owns a six- Impetus for the proposed Cass City would want to buy official. Cass City isn’t on place, twin-engine plane, lengthening and paving of it (He rents the rest of his the federal list for needed which is kept at Tri-City the runway is coming from land for farming ) airports, so probably would Airport near Saginaw-Bay the Cass City Chamber of The possibility of selling have difficulty meeting the City An aviation firm there Commerce. only the airstrip -- with criteria to get any federal maintains the plane and Airport owner Grant Hutchinson keeping the cash provides the pilot Hutchinson started the fa- hangar and other facilities Congress currently is con- The plane probably could cility in 1972 on his farm at was examined, he said, but sidering legislation that land here, he said, as other Milligan and Cemetery the state turned thumbs would allocate federal planes of similar size have Roads. down on that idea money for improvements at done so. but its pilot won’t. It consists of a 2,200-foot ALTHOUGH STATE OR privatelyowned airports because he prefers a mini long sod runway, 100 feet federal money isn’t avail- With presumably no mum of 3.000 feet and a COMING DOWN -- This plane from Detroit landed at Rolling Hills Friday. wide, kept open year-round, able for improvements at chance of getting state or paved runway, plus a hangar with capacity Rolling Hills because it is federal money, that means If the runway here were The sod runway is 2*2wfeet long and except for when it gets too for five planes, an area for privately owned, state mon- some other source of finan- lengthened and paved, the is kept open year-round. repair and office-lounge. ey probably would be avail- cing must be found. Accord- plane would probably still be There are 11 tiedowns for able to help Cass City buy it ing to Chamber of Com- kept at Tri-City, but the pilot planes outside. At present, (provided Hutchinson was merce President Tom Her- could fly here to pick up and If cost exceeds estimate nine planes are berthed at willing to sell). ron, who is a licensed pilot, drop off Walbro executives. the airport. According to Bill Gehman, other possibilities are being, At present, they must drive Proposed is lengthening of acting administrator of the or will be explored. to and from Tri-City in order the runway to 3,400 feet. airport development depart- He added, “We don’t know to use the company plane, The paved surface would be merit of the Michigan Aero- if it’s possible (to get finan- General Cable Plant Man- 60feet wide, with the cleared nautics Commission, up to cing).” ager Henry Ardler said im- Federal court ruling rnay area kept at 100 feet wide. $EO,OOOin state matching HULLING HILLS IS proved facilities here An estimate for the work funds is available over a classified as a Class c wouldn’t make a difference was obtained from Hunt two-year period per ‘project Construction. Including base for purchase of private air- preparation, some leveling ports andw improvements and paving, the estimate once the airport is govern- affect vo-ed was more than $9O,ooO, ac- ment+wned. cording to Hutchinson. The governmental unit A federal court judge’s er Road, outside of Caro. THE DIFFICULT PROB- must put .up an equal ruling regarding building of After a year of planning by lem, of course, is financing. amount. For instance, a vocational education centers various committees on the Hutchinson doesn’t have $loO,000 state grant would in Detroit may have an specific needs in the building the money. He said the require a $lOO,OOO local con- adverse effect on paying for costs. airport does make a profit, tri bution. and drawing of plans by the A The Tuscola ISD, Pratt but not a substantial one. construction of such a facil- architects, opening of con- Exact cost of the building said, was “the last agency Cass City is on the state ity in Tuscola county. struction bids is scheduled won’t be known until after approved before the Detroit The conventional source system plan, prepared in The effect would be com- for funding airport improve- 1974, of airports considered May 24, although there will the bids are opened, of situation,” thus the $1.25 paratively minor, however, probably be a delay. The course, but it appears that million for construction is ments is federal or state important for public needs, and not delay construction. goal is to have the building due to inflation, it will be assured. funds, but that avenue is which would be a “plus” if County residents a year ready for the start of the more than the $2.9 million However, if construction apparently closed because the village applied for state ago approved a 1.75 mill levy 1980-81 school year. estimate, according to Wil- cost exceeds the estimate, the airport is privately funds. Gehman used the to finance construction and At the time of the election, liam L. Pratt, Tuscola the hope had been to g t part owned. term “likely” in describing operation of a center here, construction cost was esti- County Intermediate school of the state’s $5 mi&n to With Upe exception of very the yillage’s chances of get- which will train about 900 mated dt32,$79,!hO.‘Ol that, District (ISD) director of pay the excess. Now, that small landing strips+ hat is iing I state grant. students per day in 24 job $1,253,077 was to come from vocational and career edu- money is going to Detroit. a rarity nowadays. The The state has helped skill areas. The students will federal funds channeled cation. The ISD still has some airport at Bad Axe, for municipalities buy private come from the county’s nine through the state Depart- If the cost exceeds the options, in addition to pray- instance, is county-owned. airports in the past, Gehman local school districts. ‘The ment of Education, the rest estimate, he explained, the ing that the construction Those at Caro, Sandusky said, the most recent ex- center will be built on Cleav- was to come from the mil- hope had been to get the bids come in at or below the and Marlette are owned by ample being Troy’s pur- additional money needed estimate. the respective villages. chase last year of Troy from the state. Now that One is that it still may be The airport only occupies Executive Airport. Growers save may not be possible. able to get some of the Big The reason involves the federal money, provided it rulings by federal District waits until 1982, when the Judge Robert E. DeMascio commitment of the federal in the Detroit busing and money to Detroit runs out. Police probe theft of Bean Commission school integration case, Another is to levy the The Michigan Bean Com- production also had to vote which has been going on for maximum amount of mil- missian (MBC) will remain in favor and there the meas- several years. As part of lage longer than originally in operation, but only by the ure failed. that decision, he ordered intentioned. After the build- narrowest of margins. The 49.8 percent of those that five vocational educa- ing is paid for in six years, it VOting by bean growers, voting “no,” that is, to tion centers be built in has been assumed the ISD $500 from Colonial Inn conducted by mail, con- continue the MBC, repre- Detroit, with the Detroit Board of Education will be sented 58 percent of produc- able to reduce the 1.75 levy Mrs. James Ballard cluded March 17. Results Board of Education to pay A reported $500 in cash Huron Line Road, Gage- ler in the Rabideau Motors of were announced Tuesday tion. half and the state to pay the to possibly 1.25 mills, all that lot. The tire, wheel, wheel 4698 Huron Street reported There were 3,473 votes will be needed to pay its and checks was taken from town, reported the loss of his afternwon by the state De- rest. the Colonial Inn on Main $100 leather jacket and $360 cover and lug nuts, all taken, to village police Monday partment of Agriculture, cast, which is about 36 The original cost, spread share of the operational were valued at $100-150. that a tool box with tools was cost. (State funds, not in Street last Wednesday. in cash to sheriff’s deputies which conducted the refer- percent of eligible growers. over five years, was to be $22 Sunday night. stolen from the family car That breaks down to 1,743 jeopardy, will also pay part June Dearing told Cass Frank Brigham of Filion endum. million paid by Detroit tax- City police the money was He said he had been in the while her son, John, had it “yes” votes (favoring termi- of the operational cost.) reported to Cass City police parked in front of the Colon- The ballot question read : payers and the same amount taken from the office in the Black Dahlia Bar in Akron nation) and 1,730“no”votes.