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By Sheila PursgloveStaff Writer

Hannah Linteau, 17,will wrap up her year asChelsea Community FairQueen by crowning hersuccessor in a pageant setfor 7 p.m. on Aug. 24, at theChelsea fairgrounds.

Looking back at myfair years, I can easily saythis pageant has made myfavorites list, she said.My all-time favorite isthe life in the horse barn.All week long its a blastto show my horses, see myfriends from school, spendtime with my teammates,watch my lesson girlsshow my pony, and laugha lot.

Hannah, the daughterof Mark and MargueriteLinteau, is a senior atChelsea High School andis aiming for a medicalcareer with animals orhumans.

This year I startedworking at Chelsea AnimalHospital, and I love it, shesaid.

Six teens from Chelseaand Dexter are hopingto win the crown, bou-

quet, trophy, setting andportrait, charm bracelet,sash and scholarship.The first runner-up willreceive a scholarship andtrophy; second and thirdplace winners and MissCongeniality and talentcontest winners will allwin trophies.

Chelsea High Schoolsenior Bonnie Bairley, 17,

is a member of the CHSorchestra, Dance Arts ofChelsea, and Youth DanceTheatre of Michigan, herfair sponsor. She enjoysyoga, hiking, travel, writ-ing, church and animals.The daughter of Susanand Paul Bairley of DexterTownship, Bonnie whoplans to double major indance and a social sciencefield will dance a solopiece that she choreo-graphed for a ballet exam,

as her pageant talent.Samantha Bies, 17, is a

Dexter High School seniorand a varsity cheerleader.A member of the 4-HRogers Corners Herdsmen,she also is secretary ofthe 4-H Riske Riders, is inthe Washtenaw County4-H Exchange Program,is a member of theequestrian team and also

serves as vicepresident of theChelsea-DexterLamb Club andsecretary of theChelsea-DexterSteer Club. Thedaughter ofChad and CarrieTrinkle of LimaTownship, shewill show herlamb for the tal-ent portion.

Courtney

Cook, 18, thedaughter ofPhil and TerriCook of LimaTownship, is a2012 Dexter HighSchool gradu-ate, and willattend CentralMichigan University. Sheis sponsored by the RickEder Agency. For her tal-

ent portion, she will give afashion show with clothes

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By Sean DaltonHeritage Media

Sylvan Township residentJanice Carr was the firstto file the paperwork for arecount of the water andsewer debt millage thatpassed by a narrow seven-vote lead during the Aug. 7primary election in SylvanTownship.

Carr and several other resi-dents considered that victorymargin close enough to be amargin of error and want toput the Washtenaw CountyClerks office to work for asecond look.

Carr, a Sylvan residentand volunteer librarian atthe Chelsea District Library,was one of many residentswho wrote letters to the edi-tor for publish in the ChelseaStandard.

In her letter she took issuewith Sylvan Township Boardof Trustee Arlene Grau, whowas on the board while thetownships bond debt to thecounty occurred.

Grau wrote a letter to the

Standard where she com-pared the water and sewerdebt millage to what thetownship pays for member-ship to the Chelsea DistrictLibrary.

Sylvan Township resi-dents pay 0.8 mils to supportthe library, Carr explainedin her letter. The water/sewer bond debacle will costthe township more than $14million. The millage to repaythe county for these bondsmay range from 4.5 mils tosomething much higher ifdecided by a court judgment.The repayment period couldrange from 15 to 20 years.Compared to this, the library

millage is a minusculeamount. I, for one, realizemuch more than 0.8 mils invalue from using the library.

Carr and many otherresidents take issue withthe fact that they were notgiven a chance to vote onthe sewer and water facility.Instead, the township boardat the time and the formerTownship Supervisor JerryDresselhaus approved theproject.

Regardless of whether thetownship government actedon the publics best wishes,the primary election millagepassed by 480 to 473 votes,which were certified by the

Board of Canvassers on Aug.14.

If the millage survives therecount, the 20-year millagewill recoup $13 million in

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Whos the fairest of them all?

DDA moves forward with plans

for removing Daniels Showroom

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By Erica McClainHeritage Media

The DowntownDevelopment Authoritymade another step towardremoving the DanielsShowroom from the his-toric trio of connectedbuildings known as theLongworth at an Aug. 16meeting.

The motion, led by MarkHeydlauff, involves seek-ing solicitations of bids forremoving the showroom,capping the foundation ofthe building with cement

and securing all doorsand lower windows to thefront of the Mack building,which would be revealedwhen the connected show-room is demolished.

Heydlauff said he would

like to see bids for the proj-ect due Sept. 15 consideringthe DDA has a meeting onSept. 20, and work shouldbe completed by Oct. 15.

Theres no reason thatthat cant happen thatquickly, he said.

He said getting theproject done this fall willgive the DDA the winter tospeak with developers andfigure out how to proceedwith the the faade of theMack.

Each DDA board memberat the meeting approvedgoing forward with seek-

ing bids for the demolition,although board membersPalmer Morrel-Samuelsand Patti Schwarz wereabsent.

Despite the decision,which has been three

years in the making sincethe DDA purchased theLongworth property for$400,000 in 2008, membersof Preservation Chelseaattended the meeting tovoice their discontent.

The Daniels Showroom,which was built in the50s, is the only buildingin Chelsea, accordingto Preservation Chelseamember Jan Bernath, thatrepresents the Art Modernearchitectural style. Thedesign style was highlight-ed at the Chicago WorldsFair in 1933 and included

a flat roof, a streamlinedappearance, rounded cor-ners, glass block windowsand wraparound windowsand aluminum trim.

Despite the showroomsarchitectural value,

Bernath said she knowsthe building is in disrepairand has been for quite sometime.

I know that some peopleconsider it ugly, Bernathsaid. Thats an opinion.Thats just an opinion.It doesnt have to looklike this. It can be a finestanding example of ArtModerne, which will add toour notion of being a cityof the arts.

Heydlauff said thecondition of the DanielsShowroom is simply unbe-lievable.

It is deteriorating dras-tically, he said. I thinkwe need action. I thinkweve waited long enough.I think weve done a lot of

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2011 Fair Queen Hannah Linteau (bottom) stands after being crowned.

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