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GOVERNMENTTeacher retirementreform effort stillundecided
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White wants recount
in Van Buren electionBy Jerry LaVauteSpecial Writer
Paul White, the current supervisor ofVan Buren Township, has
filed a requestto recount the votes cast for supervisor inthe Aug.
7 primary election.
The local Board of Canvassers certifiedthe results last week,
indicating that fel-low Democrat Linda Combs had defeated
White by 50 votes. Combs received 1,109votes, whereas White
received 1,059 votes.White said that he was concerned that
the total vote count for supervisor fellwell short of the total
votes cast in theelection. In the township, 4,382 votes werecast,
whereas the number of votes castfor township supervisor totaled
3,103votes.
Challenger Linda Combs said that sheexpected the recount, given
the closenessof the race, but she was confident that thenumbers
would hold.
Michigan State law requires that the
aggrieved candidate file a formal requestfor recount with the
clerk of the board ofcanvassers that originally certified thecount,
in this case Wayne County, withinsix days after the original
canvass hasbeen completed.
Opposing candidates must be notifiedwithin 24 hours by the Wayne
CountyClerk of the request for a recount, andthe candidates
involved may have up to
two representatives at the site where theballots are recounted.
The recount mustbe completed within 20 days of the filingof the
counter-petitions.
In related election news, Republicancandidate Julianne Chard,
who received16 valid write-in votes in last weeks pri-mary, will
appear on the Nov. 6 generalelection ballot.
Jerry LaVaute is a special writer forHeritage Media. He can be
reached [email protected] or call 1-734-740-0062.
PaulWhite
L. Dale Walter and The Knights of Iron, Michigans only
competitivejousting team, performed at last weeks Wayne County Fair
in Van BurenTownship. Jousting was one of several attractions at
the 66th annualevent.
Photo courtesy of Dave Chapman
Knight moves
Officials OK new
school namesBy Jerry LaVauteSpecial Writer
South and North MiddleSchools will be re-namedto Owen
Intermediate andMcBride Middle School,respectively, for the
newschool year that begins onSept. 4. The issue was firstdiscussed
among schoolboard members in a workstudy meeting in July, afterthe
Reconfiguration StudyCommittee suggested thechange, consistent with
theschools new educationalmissions.
Owen IntermediateSchool, formerly SouthMiddle School, will
teachstudents in the fifth andsixth grades, whereasMcBride Middle
School, for-merly North Middle School,will educate students in
theseventh and eighth grades.
According to schoolboard president MarthaToth, the re-naming
wasapproved unanimouslyby members of the schoolboard, and is
consistentwith longstanding practiceof naming schools in theVan
Buren Public Schoolsafter the names of the roador street on which
they arelocated.
School SuperintendentMichael Van Tassel report-ed that the cost
associatedwith outdoor sign changeswill be about $12,000 for
both schools. School mas-cots will not be changed,and other
names inside theschool, like Souths nameon its gym floor, will not
bechanged until the opportu-nity presents itself.
Teacher chargedwith wrongdoingfaces Sept. 5 examBy Ben
BairdHeritage Media
Andrea Deanna Brennan,the Van Buren PublicSchools teacher
chargedwith providing sexuallyexplicit material to a 15-year-old
boy, is expectedto return to court in earlySeptember.
Brennan has pleadednot guilty to the chargesagainst her.
The preliminary exami-nation of the evidenceagainst her was
adjournedduring a hearing Aug. 6,according to the Wayne
County prosecutors office.It had been scheduled for9 a.m. Aug. 8
in 34th DistrictCourt in Romulus, but isnow rescheduled to 9
a.m.Sept. 5.
Brennan, a 37-year-oldYpsilanti woman who is ateacher at North
MiddleSchool, is currently free ona personal recognizance
bond of $10,000. The bondwas set at her arraignmentat 9 a.m.
July 31.
She is being representedin court by attorney LorenDickstein.
Wayne CountyProsecutor Kym L. Worthy
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