VOL. 18, NO.

40 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012

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aroIImeat dI co0Id meaa $2.2m Ioss
,OCAL "OY 3COUT RAISES FUNDS TO lX
TENNIS COURTS IN #ANDY #ANE 0ARK
leoaardo
0hrIstIaa
ret0ras to
co0rt 0ct. 9
"Y $ANNY 3HAW
Horitago Modia
More budgeI cuIs and Iayoffs
couId hI YpsIanI !ubIc 8chooIs as
enroIImenI fgures showa poIenIaI
$2.2 mIIonIoss as hundreds of sIu-
denIs opI Io noI enroII nIhe dsIrcI.
8upernIendenI edrck MarIn
IoId oard of ducaIonmembers
Monday Ihe dsIrcI s down2D7 sIu-
denIs fromIs 2O12-2O18 enroIImenI
pro]ecIons.
Y!8 receves a per-pupI aIIoImenI
of $7,18, whchamounIs Io more
Ihana Ioss of $2.2 mIIonnsIaIe
fundng.
The dsIrcI`s pro]ecIed enroIImenI
was for 8,88 sIudenIs O sIudenIs
Iess IhanIhe prevous year.
!nMarch, board of educaIon
members were presenIed Ihe 2O12-
2O18 enroIImenI pro]ecIons where
a O-sIudenI Ioss was consdered a
besI-case scenaro and a Ioss of
more Ihan8OO sIudenIs was consd-
ered Ihe worsI-case.
Y!8 oard !resdenI avd aIes
sad Ihe sIuaIons serous and Ihe
sIudenI Ioss wouId meanIoughdec-
sons for Y!8 admnsIraIonand
board members aIke.
!I represenIs a sgnfcanI fnan-
caI hI Io Ihe dsIrcI, IhaI Ioss of
sIudenIs, he sad. !I was preIIy
cIear IhaI board members under-
sIood IhaI we are gong Io have Io
make some dffcuII decsons Io
make some knds of cuIs Io compen-
saIe for IhaI Ioss of sIudenIs nIhe
nexI monIhor Iwo.
aIes sad, however, he and
MarInexpecI Ihe number Io reduce
sIghIIy by Ihe offcaI Mchgan
CounI-ay onOcI. 8.
! Ihnk IhaI nobody expecIs I
Io go downa IoI, aIes sad. uI !
Ihnk Ihe dea s IhaI I wII go down
a IIIIe bI, buI noI a IoI. !I`s ]usI hard
Io predcI, unforIunaIeIy.
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Community . . . . . . . . . . . 1-C
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-A
Death Notices . . . . . . . . . 1-A
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-B
Chefs in the garden: Grango's Brandon
Jonns and Bona Sora oroato an autumnal
oast to oolobrato tno vitality o our oommu-
nity and rogion. Tno ovoning oousos on
now ood and agrioulturo aro and oan bo a
part o Ypsilanti's positivo uturo. Tnis dinnor
will support our Downtown Ypsilanti
Farmors' Markot and otnor oommunity rovi-
talization pro|oots. Tnis hnal dinnor will bo
nold rom 4 to 7 p.m. on Oot. 14 at tno
Growing Hopo Contor. Tiokots aro $45. For
moro inormation oall Exooutivo Dirootor
Amanda Edmonds at 330-7576.
Workshops set at Community Media
Lab: Tno Community Modia Lab, looatod at
215 W. Mionigan Avo. in Ypsilanti, is oor-
ing roo worksnops tnrougn Ootobor. Doug
Bauman, a pnotograpnor and vidoograpnor
at Tno Oakland Pross, will load a worksnop
on pnotograpny and vidoo rom 1 to 3 p.m.
Oot. 12. Tno lab oors nolp on writing pross
roloasos, sotting up sooial modia aooounts,
blogging, oditing vidoo and oroating pnoto
slidosnows, among otnor tnings, botwoon 9
a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday tnrougn Friday.
Email oommunitymodialab@noritago.oom
or moro inormation or oall 1-267-229-6037.
BREFLY...
"Y +ODY +LEIN
Spooial Writor
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n YpsIanI oy 8couI pIans
Io renovaIe Ihe Ienns courIs
aI Candy Cane !ark for hs
agIe 8couI Leadershp
8ervce !ro]ecI.
Zachary enoyer, of Troop 2DO,
doesn`I pIay Ienns, buI sad IhaI he
wanIed Io reIurn Ihe courIs Io use-
abIe condIon so IhaI members of
hs communIy couId pIay Ihere.
! have a IoI of frends who pIay
Ienns and ! wanIed Ihere Io be a
Ienns courI IhaI Ihey couId use n
Iher own neghborhood, enoyer
sad.
Hs pIans are Io nsIaII new fenc-
ng and poIes where needed, fII Ihe
cracks n Ihe courI surface, repar
Ihe park benches nexI Io Ihe courI,
repar Ihe neI sIanchon poIes, pur-
chase and nsIaII new neI hardware,
and nsIaII new neIs where needed.
The cIy doesn`I have any room
Io heIp ouI because Iher funds are
preIIy sIraned aI Ihe momenI so
! wanIed Io heIp ouI Ihe cIy, he
sad. ! wanI Ihs neghborhood Io
be weII kepI. ! wanI Io show peopIe
IhaI we can accompIsh greaI Ihngs
wIhouI Ihe cIy`s heIp. We can heIp
ourseIves. We can make I a beIIer
communIy for ourseIves.
The cIy of YpsIanI cIosed Is
parks and recreaIon deparImenI n
2OO8 due Io a Iack of fundng.
enoyer esImaIed Ihe IoIaI cosI
of Ihe pro]ecI Io be $11,DOO, Ihough
Zachary Denoyer, 17, stands next to a sign at Candy Cane Park in YpsiIanti. As part of an EagIe Scout project,
Denoyer is raising funds to repair the park's tennis courts.
"we can hel
ourselves. we can make
it a better community lor
ourselves."
Lk0hk8I 080I8
Boy Scout
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"Y "EN "AIRD
Horitago Modia
Leonardo ChrsIan, who
was charged IasI monIh for
Ihe aIIeged sexuaI assauII
of a 14-year-oId YpsIanI
boy, s scheduIed Io reIurn
Io courI n Iwo weeks afIer
IasI week`s courI daIe was
ad]ourned.
The preImnary exam
for boIh Ihs case and add-
IonaI charges IhaI have
been auIhorzed agansI hm
wII resume on OcI. D n 14A
sIrcI CourI, accordng
Io Ihe WashIenaw CounIy
prosecuIor`s offce.
ChrsIan s beng heId n
WashIenaw CounIy JaI on
a $8OO,OOO bond, whch has
been ncreased from $O,OOO.
He was arresIed on Aug. 2D.
YpsIanI aIIorney
MchaeI J. \ncenI, who s
represenIng ChrsIan n
courI, sad ChrsIan`s pos-
Ion s IhaI he`s noI guIIy.
My cIenI s asserIng hs
nnocence, \ncenI sad.
He sad ChrsIan s con-
sdered nnocenI unIess he
s proven guIIy.
ChrsIan, a 8-year-oId
YpsIanI resdenI, appeared
for a preImnary examna-
Ion before Judge onaId
8heIIon aI abouI 8:8O a.m.
8epI. 2 n 14A sIrcI
CourI on muIIpIe charges,
accordng Io courI records.
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