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Milan News-Leader VOL. 127, NO. 28
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010
American Legion hosting benefit dinners First spaghetti dinner takes place Saturday at 5 p.m. By Steven Howard Heritage Newspapers
Milan American Legion Post 268 will host two benefit dinners in July for a pair of local worthy causes. The first will be a spaghetti dinner Saturday to help a Dundee family displaced by a tornado earlier this summer. Erica Van Sickle, a bartender at the American Legion, said Jeremy Stowell, Ambler Hosler and their son, J.J., lost everything when high winds ripped apart their home and possessions. As a friend of the family, Van Sickle said it was hard to watch the family suffer such a terrible loss, which is why she and her colleagues at the American Legion decided to hold the dinner.
The meal will consist of spaghetti, salad, dinner roll and dessert, with choice of punch or tea. The cost for adults will be $8 and $6 for children. Van Sickle said the family is doing somewhat better in recent days, but still needs a lot of help and support. “They were staying with friends and family, but now they found a house to rent,” she said. The spaghetti dinner will take place from 5 to 7 p.m., with a chance to sing karaoke afterward, Van Sickle said. The second benefit dinner at the American Legion will take place July 31 in an effort to purchase Grand Army of the Republic, or GAR, markers to place on the graves of Civil War veterans whose tombstones have been compromised because of age and other factors. A posting on the legion’s website indicates there are 65 Civil War graves in local cemeteries that no longer have the
There are 65 Civil War graves in local cemeteries that no longer have the proper markings.
Milan American Legion Post 268 will host two benefit dinners in July to help a pair of causes. The first will be a spaghetti dinner Saturday to help a Dundee family displaced by a tornado, and the second will be a chicken dinner July 31, with proceeds going toward the purchase of GAR markers to be placed PLEASE SEE DINNERS/3-A on the graves of local Civil War soldiers.
Milan Mayor Kym Muckler points to pothole on Wabash Street, adjacent to railroad tracks.
By Steven Howard Heritage Newspapers
The Milan City Council approved a resolution Monday night that will ask State of Michigan legislators to clear up misunderstandings relating to current medical marijuana laws and their relationship to federal mandates. Resolution 2010-02 reads, in part, that Milan city leaders would like “state leaders to review the current medical marihuana act to clarify discrepancies and allow local municipalities explicit rights to regulate the industry within their community.” However, the passage of the resolution was just the beginning of discussions on the matter, with council readdressing the issue during a discussion period toward the end of the meeting. Council member Michael Armitage called the resolution “a good step,” but questioned whether it constituted enough of an action on the part of the city. Council member Dominic Hamden followed with similar thoughts, voicing what he perceives as the consequences of non-action. “By the time state legislature gets around to acting, quite probably, it will be too late,” he said. He suggested not doing anything is not an appropriate response. Hamden then proposed creating certain restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries, such as background checks, zoning qualifications, barring convicted criminals from such activities and requiring a permit fee. Mayor Kym Muckler agreed, saying, “I think that’s a very good solution. We need to control where these PLEASE SEE COUNCIL/3-A
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Infrared road repair
New pothole fix saves time, money By Gerald LaVaute
A rejuvenator is added to the old asphalt, replenHeritage Newspapers ishing oils lost over time, followed by the addition of fresh asphalt. The old and the new asphalt are mixed together As a former staff reporter for Heritage Newsand rolled smooth. papers, Milan Mayor Kym Muckler has the journalMuckler said that most pothole repairs could be ist’s sense of curiosity and a desire to share interestcompleted in about 10 minutes. ing information with others. The previous method of repairing a pothole added To that end, one of the recent installments of her new asphalt and created a seam around the repair blog discussed a new method of repairing potholes that had to be sealed, and that required regular mainthat the city of Milan began to use two years ago. It uses a method described as infrared restoration, tenance to control moisture infiltration. The new fix is seamless, because it mixes old and in which the damaged asphalt in the pothole is heated new materials, and the new and old asphalt become for eight minutes and raked into a smooth surface an integral part of the new road surface. two inches thick. City of Milan Building and Zoning official Robert Grostick said the cost of the new method compared with the previous method is a 20-1 ratio—in other words, he can now repair 20 potholes for the previous price of repairing one pothole. Imagine: a new technology that is faster, more effective, longer lasting (from five to 10 years, Muckler estimated) and less costly. The city of Milan has implemented a way to repair potholes that hits on all cylinders. The mayor’s blog address is: http://mayorkym. blogspot.com. Gerald LaVaute is a staff writer for Heritage NewsA contractor mixes old and new asphalt in a pothole. papers. He can be reached at glavaute@ heritage.com.
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