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VOL. 143, NO. 29 THURSDAY, JULY 18, 201375
THE
DEXTERLEADER
Police offer $1,000 awardfor information in regard
to Chelsea robbery
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By Sean DaltonHeritage Media
DEXTER The villageof Dexter became the firstmunicipality to
ratify thenew inter-local agreementbetween municipalitiesserved by
the Dexter AreaFire Department thevillage along with Websterand
Dexter Township
and the Scio TownshipFire Department.
What will be dubbed theWashtenaw ConsolidatedFire and
RescueDepartment has been in
the works for the pastseveral years. It has beenworked on by the
RegionalFire Committee, which iscomprised of local officialsfrom
the village and town-ships and has been shapedby feedback from
personnelwithin both of the two firedepartments.
The proposed regional-ization effort offers manysignificant
benefits for thevillage and our residents,said Village
PresidentShawn Keough. Includinga lower overall coststructure,
better budget
control and predictability,operational and serviceefficiencies,
and better longterm opportunity for thefirefighters.
The matter was a topic ofdiscussion only at the lastVillage
Council meeting, asthe revised draft inter-localagreement had the
finaltouches put on it, all theway down to how the newfire
organizations namewill be handled on equip-ment and uniform
patchesgoing forward.
Village CouncilmemberPaul Cousins made a
motion to skip discussingthe proposed agreementand jump straight
toratifying it, with VillageCouncilmember JoeSemifero seconding
themotion.
I fully support this 100percent, Cousins said.
Upcoming changesThe new department will
go through a number oftransitional changes fromtwo separate
organizationsto a combined one, suchas the hiring of a new fire
chief for the WashtenawConsolidated Fire andRescue
Department.
A new headquarters forthe regional fire depart-ment is still
also to bedetermined, as per theagreement. All propertyof both
individual depart-ments will not be ownedby the new legal
entitythat is the WashtenawConsolidated Fire andRescue
Department.
A new board of direc-tors for the regional fire
Village government goes ahead
with revised inter-local fire service
Once upon a midnight dreary
By Nichole SeguinHeritage Media
B
etsy Emrich has a calling.The Dexter-based art-
ist combines her interestwith birds and love for
recycling into mixedmedia works of collage art.
Using recycled magazines she prefers fashion magazineslike Vogue
or food magazines
and other found objects to cre-
ate her collages, Emrich said herinterest in the animal stems
fromher dad, who was an avid birdwatcher before he passed awayyears
ago.
(Ravens) kind of signifythe connection to the spiritualworld,
she said. The main rea-son (I use them) is because theyhave such
personalities. Theyhave attitudes. Theyre sassy.Theyre not a pretty
bird, theyrethe birds of prey.
Emrich will show some of her
3D mixed media pieces at the AnnArbor Street Art Fair July
17-20,including some from her bookraven series, in which she
usesvintage books as frames for hercollages. Some of her
larger-scale
works will also be on display.
Hitting the right noteThe single mother of two has
been entering her art into artshows across the country for
twoyears and has been producingit off and on for about sevenyears.
This year will be her firsttime at the Ann Arbor Street
ArtFair.
Being a mixed media artistwasnt always what Emrich
expected to do, however.Emrich was trained as a clas-
sical flutist and received a bache-lors degree in flute
performancefrom Peabody Conservatory inBaltimore, Md. She also
com-
pleted graduated studies at theUniversity of
Cincinnati-CollegeConservatory of Music.
Before having her kids, Emrichworked as a musician. She saidshe
has always been fascinatedwith art growing up and althoughshe didnt
study art in school, shetook workshops and classes whenshe could on
the side. It was whenshe took time off from work tostay home with
her children thatshe had more time to focus onpainting.
Though she began as a painter,Emrich said she stumbled
uponcollage work after trying to makeher pieces more
figurative.
Local artist tofeature mixed mediaart at Ann ArborStreet Art
Fair
Photo courtesy of Betsy Emrich
Betsy Emrich, a Dexter-basedartist, uses recycled
magazines and other foundmaterials to make 2D and 3D
mixed media pieces.
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