Chelsea Standard July 26

7/31/2019 Chelsea Standard July 26

1/1

Weave the Web:Make sure to click

on www.heritage.comaround the clock for themost in-depth coverageof Washtenaw County.Our Most Viewed storythis week is ????? ????

/????? ????? ?????

????g?.

Check outour video: ??? ???

Click on the jobs tabon the home page of our

website or go directly tohttp://jobs.heritage.com.

Join us on Twitter:Become a Chelsea

Standard follower. Clickon the Twitter tab onthe home page of ourwebsite or go directlyto http://twitter.com/ChelseaDexter.

Join us onFacebook:

Click on the Facebooktab on the home page ofour website or search forus on Facebook.

Get breaking news:To receive breakingnews alerts, textHERNews to 22700.

The Marketplace:Local ads are just a

hop away at the MIcentral.com marketplace. Whileyou are there, you cancheck out all the specialsupplements of JournalRegister Co. newspapersin Michigan.

Click on marketplaceon the home page of ourwebsite or go directly to

www.marketplace.micentral.

Chelsea StandardVOL. 139, NO. XX THURSDAY, MONTH DAY, YEAR75

INSIDEx.

Page X-X

INSIDE


on www.heritage.comaround the clock for themost in-depth coverageof Washtenaw County.Our Most Viewed storythis week is ????????? /????? ?????

????? ?????g.

Check outour video: ??? ???





Join us onFacebook:






www.marketplace.micentral.com/ROP/Categories.aspx.

Chelsea StandardVOL. 139, NO. XX THURSDAY, MONTH DAY, YEAR75

x.

Page X-X

INSIDEINSIDE


on www.heritage.comaround the clock for themost in-depth coverageof Washtenaw County.Our most viewed storythis week is CHELSEA:School board looks

to modify pay-to-playpolicy.

Check outour video: Sounds & Sights

Festival preview





Join us onFacebook:






www.marketplace.micentral.com/ROP/Categories.aspx.

Chelsea StandardVOL. 139, NO. 30 THURSDAY, JULY 26, 201275

Printed on

recycled paper

Editorial Page 6-A

Calendar Page 4-C

Death Notices Page 16-A

Sports Page 1-B

Kids Page Page 1-C

News Tip Hotline: 475-1371

INDEX

Upcoming Purple Rose Theatre season

includes Jeff Daniels play

Page 2-C

INSIDECheck out the Sounds &

Sights Festival schedule

Page 18-A

Downtown Chelseas Sounds &Sights Festival kicks off tonight

with a host of live entertainmentand fun for the whole family.

The July 26-28 event begins at6 p.m. with a New Orleans-style paradefrom the Depot to the Library with Creoledu Nord leading the way. Musical actsstart playing around town at 6:30 p.m. andmain stage performers will begin 7 p.m.for indie music night and end at 11 p.m.

Now in its 37th year, the festival week-end features many of the popular attrac-tions from previous years, including theKidzone, the Friday night Classic CarShow, the Pet Parade and the Social &Entertainment Tent. The festival will alsofeature an expanded foot court area andthe art market, which is now in its secondseason and showcases talented artistsfrom across the Midwest.

At the heart of the Sounds & Sights

Festival is the nightly entertainment line-up, and the headliners this year include:The Hard Lessons playing on the openingnight in the social tent, which opens at 6p.m., for indie music night; and WhiteyMorgan and Blue River Band performingcountry on Friday night.

The social tent opens early on Saturdayat 1 p.m. with acts performing from 2-5p.m. and 7-11 p.m.

Billy Mack & The Juke Joint Johnniesand Fifty Amp Fuse will close out thefestivals Social & Entertainment TentSaturday night. Admission to the tent onSaturday is free for the afternoon perfor-mances.

This is the best lineup weve hadsince I have been involved, said CraigCommon,Festival committee member andowner of the Common Grill. The event

has a very strong reputation in the musiccircles and our entertainment guru Gary

Munce has done a great job of bookingtop-notch talent each night ... and its only$5 to see them.

We open with indie bands on Thursdaywith some great local acts, come back withtwo well-known country acts on Fridaynight and close with a big dance partySaturday with one of the countrys bestcover bands - Fifty Amp Fuse.

The festivals main stage is within theSocial & Entertainment Tent, located justbehind the Common Grill and opens at6 p.m. with live music until 11 p.m. withbeer, wine, water and soft drinks for sale.There is a $5 cover each night, with theexception of Saturday afternoon, and allages are welcome.

The KidZone will feature day-longactivities and attractions both Friday andSaturday including kids entertainment,

face painting, jugglers and clowns, a crafttent and Teddy Bear Factory tours. Thehuge classic car returns Friday night withover 300 retro vehicles expected from 3-8p.m.

Other activities scheduled during theevent include a chicken barbecue, a farm-ers market, artist demonstrations, side-walk sales and more.

The festival runs until July 28 and issponsored by the Chelsea DowntownDevelopment Authority, Jif fy Mixes,Chelsea State Bank, Chelsea CommunityHospital, The Common Grill, EdwardJones, KeyBank, Clearys Pub, Lake TrustCredit Union, and Washtenaw CountyParks & Recreation.

More information is available at chel-seafestivals.com or by calling ChelseaCenter for the Arts at 734-433-2787.

Opening night!The Hard Lessons, a local indie band, will close out the first night of the festival.

Sounds & Sights kicks off 3-day extravaganza

By Krista Gjestland and Erica

McClainHeritage Media

The Chelsea DowntownDevelopment Authorityauthorized a study on July19 to determine whetherto demolish the DanielsShowroom, part of the

Longworth property, com-prised of three buildingsjust south of the traintracks on Main Street in thedowntown area.

The study will be con-ducted at the state level byState Historic PreservationOffice, which will determinewhether the DDA can demol-ish the building withoutlosing historic value to theLongworth site.

The DDAs plan to poten-tially remove the showroomwould include restoring thefacade of the attached build-ing, often called The Mack,and installing a pocket parkin place of the showroom.

The DDAs proposed plancomes off the heels of theDDAs fallout with a teamof developers, called the110 Longworth BuildingDevelopment Company,

MAIN STAGE

SCHEDULE

THURSDAY

(indie music)6 p.m., The social tent,located behind theCommon Grill, opens

with beer, wine and softdrinks available.

7-11 p.m., The Juliets,Bear Lake and TheHard Lessons performan all-ages show, with a$5 cover.

FRIDAY

(country music)6 p.m., The social tent,located behind theCommon Grill, openswith beer, wine and softdrinks available.7-11 p.m., WhiteyMorgan and the 78sand Blue River Band

perform an all-agesshow, with a $5 cover.

SATURDAY

(dance party)1 p.m., The social tentopens with beer, wineand soft drinks avail-able.2 p.m., Los Dingos DelNorte performs, nocover.3 p.m., Red HairedMolly performs, nocover.5 p.m., The SarahSherrard Band per-forms, no cover.

7-11 p.m., Billy Mack &The Juke Joint Johnniesand Fifty Amp Fuseclose out the festival, anall-ages show, with a $5cover.

This is the best lineup weve had since I have beeninvolved.

CRAIG COMMON, FESTIVAL COMMITTEE MEMBER

MainStreet

projectdelayedBy Krista GjestlandHeritage Media

The Chelsea DowntownDevelopment Authorityvoted to accept a bid for itsMain Street streetscape proj-ect but will delay the con-struction until next spring.

The streetscape projectwill include replacing fivecrosswalks and adding trees,lighting and curb bump-outsalong Main Street from VanBuren Street to the corner

of Main and North streets.City Manager John

Hanifan suggested that theconstruction be held offuntil the spring because ofthe amount of construc-tion already happening inChelsea.

Theres no way that weshould start a constructionproject downtown when

DDA OKs

Longworthbuildingstudy

PLEASE SEE STREET/3-A

PLEASE SEE BUILDING/3-A

SPORTS

Dexters LaMorerises to the top Page 1-B

Just 15 Minutes from Chelsea Located right off I-94 No entrance fee

Legends Alzheimers CenterPerson-centered care

gantonretirement.com517-764-2000

5025 Ann Arbor Road, Jackson, MI

Documents

Chelsea Standard July 26