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Village buys second site for DAPCO project

By Sean Dalton
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Lillie remembered after sudden death

By Erica McClain
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After buying the property at 8077 Forest Street, the village has approved the short-sale purchase of a neighboring property at 8087 Forest St. Both properties were repossessed or otherwise relinquished to the banks by the previous owners, giving village officials the opportunity to purchase them at reduced costs. The decision was made to pursue these properties due to their proximity to the Broad Street DAPCO site, explained Village Manager Donna Dettling. The former DAPCO Industries property will eventually be redeveloped by the village and the Downtown Development Authority, which will repay the village at a later date. On July 18, Bank of America accepted the villages offer of $85,000 on the property, which inspectors estimated would cost between $15,000 and $20,000 to restore to a rentable state. The village will seek estimates to demolish the family dwelling located on the property from Blue Star, the company that has been hired to tear down the 8077 house. Some village officials have indicated that one or both of the properties could be used for public parking space, although no solid proposals for the properties have been officially placed on the table for a vote at this time.

Gary Lillie was a force, a larger than life presence to the veterans community, said Bob Gould, his friend, fellow veteran and Veterans Radio co-host. Lillie died Aug. 4 after a suspected drunken driver hit him on Marshall Road in Scio Township, according to a Washtenaw County Sheriff s press release. He was 70. Lillie, a Scio Township resident, was jogging along Marshall Road just east of Baker Road when the incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. The driver, Kevin

Ronald Warren, a 43-yearold from Scio Township, was arraigned Aug. 6 for operating while intoxicated causing death and failing to stop at the scene of an accident causing death. If convicted, the first offense is punishable by up to 15 years imprisonment or a fine of $2,500 to $10,000 or both. The second is up to 15 years imprisonment and up to $10,000 in fines. Warren posted a $2,500 bond Sunday and was released from the county jail. He will face a preliminary exam Aug. 16. Lillie was known for his work on Veterans Radio, a
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A discussion at the Aug. 1 Dexter Board of Education meeting will stand as a precursor to a vote on whether to move forward with International Baccalaureate at the high school. That vote will come at the Aug. 15 meeting, when Superintendent Mary Marshall feels that the district needs to make a minimum three-year commitment to the program to give students who enter it enough time to take full advantage of the offerings.

We need to make a commitment to move forward, Marshall said. Should the program be approved, the 2012-13 school year would the first that the program would take full effect. This upcoming school year would see completion of the readiness phase followed by the first year of IB enrollment during the 2012-13 school year, followed by an evaluation period for program adjustments in 2013-14. The IB program cost to the district would be $119,500 this fiscal year, $124,500 the

following and $79,500 the third year. The fact that the district is looking at running out of general fund money and will need to make significant budget cuts to balance its books without fund balance has not deterred district officials from pursuing the program thus far. In May 2010, the board passed a resolution to begin the current phased approach to IB, and since then, the district has been approved as an International Baccalaureate Candidate School. My personal opinion is that this is another option

that we should provide our students as we have done in other cases, Board President Larry Cobler said. While there is a cost associated with it, there is a cost associated with any program that we institute in the district. In my mind, the benefits outweigh the costs associated with it. Board Treasurer Dick Lundy estimated that a unanimous vote would be out of reach on Aug. 15, but said that the staff had worked hard to implement IB.
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Jackson family shares travels

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The village approved a bond authorizing ordinance before closing on a second Drinking Water Revolving Fund loan, 40 percent of which will be covered by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Acts principal forgiveness provision. Only 60 percent of the loan will need to be repaid over the next 20 years or bond payments at an interest rate of just 2.5 percent. Construction will begin on the project after Labor Day and commence through the beginning of November. The money will upgrade several 4-inch water lines in the villages water infrastructure to 8-inch lines, which will greatly enhance the villages water utility service.

Dexters own Jackson family has become somewhat of local celebrities after their 2006-07 trip around the globe. They visited all six habitable continents on the planet on an incredible $100 per day budget, which has led to the family giving many presentations like the one given at 6:30 p.m. Friday, as a close to the Adult Summer Reading Program at the Dexter District Library. The family discussed their time in South Africa before an audience of more than two dozen library program attendees. Doug and Julia Jackson, and their daughter, Robin, gave the presentation, while Robins older sister is in Thailand on an exchange student program. The Jackson family reported that theyre also a local host family, currently hosting two African teens

in similar fashion, due in part to the more global view that their locally famous trip fostered. Julia discussed the various means of transportation that the family used, including elephants and donkeys, as well as the long plane trip from South America the first leg of the familys travels. Traveling by plane shows how huge the continent is to fly even from Europe over to Ethiopia is a great distance, she said. The Jacksons wanted to go to Egypt and Morocco, but focusing on South Africa allowed them to stay within their yearly travel budget. The beauteous cape area of Africa is a welcoming place for Americans to visit due to the fact that English is a major language there one of 11 languages spoken commonly. After having struggled with Spanish for five months, we were really thrilled when we got to

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South Africa and you could speak English, Julia said. The other major language is called Afrikaans and is based on Dutch. The Jacksons saw everything from the shantytowns to the scenic Capetown and the surrounding Table Mountains and the imposing Lions Head, a large rock structure named for its resemblance to one of the Big Five animals that rule the wilds of the African subcontinent. Being located at the crossroads of the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the Jacksons described some surreal weather conditions. We were there during wildflower season, with temperatures between 65 and 75 degrees there were strong winds called Southeasterlies that marked the coming summer, Julie told the audience. Doug talked about the
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