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105th Year, No. 25,26 Pages. 2Sections,PlusSupplements
Wednesday, August?. 1985—South Lyon. Michigan
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THIRTY CENTS
‘Pay for play’
sports studied
Athletes who join the team after the
specified day must pay the full fee
Faced with the possibility of dropping before they are allowed to participate.
freshman athletics, the South Lyon 2. The proposal includes a family maxHigh School athletic department Mon~ imum fee. Any family with three or
day made a recommendation to in- more athletes participating in a par
stitutea “Pay to Play” program.
ticular season will be charged a rn-axThe basic fee of $40 per athlete per imum fee of $100 for that season.
sport would affect all participants of 3. Depending on the district’s financial
Freshman, junior varsity and varsity situation, an athlete who pays the $40
athletics. The hockey and equestrian fee for a fall and again for a winter
teams, both of which are funded sport may be allowed to participate in a
through private sources, would not be spring sport without paying a fee. This
affected by the proposal.
determination will be made before the
Details of the recommended program start of the second semester.
were contained in a sports release 4. The program does include a refund
distributed to the board of education.
policy. If an athlete is cut from a team,
High school athletic dir~toj_john.the Individual will receive a full refund.
VanBonn, who drafted the release, said Partial refund consideration will be
the Pay to Play program would offset a given to Individuals who are physically
$15,000 increase in athletic programs injured and unable to complete the refor the 1985-86 school year.
mainder of the season. However, volun“I don’t look at it as a long term solu- tary withdrawal, lack of playing tinw
tion to the financial problems of the and disciplinary suspension will not be
athletic department. I see it as a tem- the’basls for refunding of fees.
porary thing. For a year it could aid in 5. Financial hardship cases will be
preserving the program we already taken into consideration by the athletic
have,” said Vanflonn.
department. Any athlete who wishes to
The following is a breakdown of the participate, but Is unable to because of
five-part Pay to Play proposal.
finances, should complete a special
form available from any coach, the
I. The $40 fee will be charged to all high school principal or the athletic
athletes and must be paid no later than director. The guidelines for determinone week after the Michigan High ing that an athlete will have the par
School Athletic Assolcatlon authorized ticipatlon fee waived or partly waived
first day of practice. Any athlete who will be the same as the federal rules
fails to pay the fee by the specified day which govern the free and reduced
will not be allowed to participate In school lunch program.
practice sessions or contests. For 1985
The proposed action by VanBonn
fall sports, the deadline may be extended to allow for program adjustments.
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ByMAn VALLEY
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Sidewalk Days brought a littie excitement to the streets
of South Lyon Friday and
Saturday. Clockwise from
left: shoppers sample the
goods on Lafayette; ,Tim
Multop, Rob KleIn, Dick
Benson and Joy Harvie dish
out polish sausage and
sauerkraut; Howard
Johnson displays his wares
at Brookdale; and, Ronnie
Siegel admires a make-u
job courtesy of the Sout
Lyon High School
cheerleade s. The
festivities were organized
by the Chamber of Commerce and Central Business
District.
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By CHUCK ‘41JSBAUM
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South Lyon city officials this week
are awaiting word on their application.
for a $200000 demonstration project
that could end a battle over strthgent
phosphorous discharg~limits imposed
at a Dixboro Road wastewater treMment plant.
Meanwhile, officials from the
Michigan Department of Resources
(DNR) have given in to the city on
several deadlines and conditions included in their original proposal for
tough new South Lyon wastewater
guidelines.
City Manager Rod Cook said he was
“optimistic” that a city plan to try out
an innovative Italian technology to
reduce phosphorous emitted from the
sewer plant would receive approval
Downtown restaurant
project may start soon
Jimmy Two. where areyou’
That’s what a number of locals are
wondering now that an anticipated
June or July re-opening date for the
Jimmy Two Restaurant in
downtown South Lyon has come and
gone without the sound of a hammer
meeting nail
But that excruciating silence
could end in the next couple of
weeks, according to one of three
partners who recently formed a new
corporation that will renovate the
downtown eatery. Frank AgustLni.
who once worked as chef at Gus’s
Restaurant ifl Howell. said the newly
formed C T F. Incorporated hopes
to launch a dramatic renovation project at the corner of Ten Mile and
Lafayette Pontiac Trail) in the
yen’ near future
-‘You won’t even recognize Jimmy
Two when we get done with it.” pro-
mised Agustini, saying his partnership was planning an extensive
remodeling project for both the intenor and exterior of the long-idle
restaurant. Details of the project
will be released once Agustini and
partners Thomas Zampas and Athan
Pappas consult together.
Agustini and Zampas are both
Highland Township residents Pappas. who has aperate4 tM Cap ‘Li..
Cork pant’ store In downtlNm
Bnghton. has replaced Chris Rafaill
as the third partner in the South
Lyon restaurant venture
But at least one tug change planned by the trio has already been
revealed. The new corporation plans
to change the name of the restaurant
to “The Hungry Lyon,” a little play
on the name of the community in
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Mrs. ‘P of Brighton
made over $1,200 with her
garage sale ad in the Green
Sheet. She had so many
customers, she said, she
couldn’t even break for
lunch.
from environmental authorities very
shortly.
The city council in May approved a
request for $150,000 in federal funding
to institute an experimental, process
that could convert phosphorous and
nitrogen from the treatment plant to
high-grade fertilizer for commercial
use. City officials estimate that the process, which rriay also receive nearly
$43000 in financial support from the
Italian government, could yield an annual 2.4 million pounds of high grade
fertilizer
If sold at 25 cents per pound, that
amount of fertilizer could raise $600,000
to help city officials implement the entire process developed by the Italianbased Rim-Nut corporation Grant funding would also be sought for the implementation project. according to city
officials.
The city’s total outlay in the project
would amount to just $7.~. which
represents the cost of building a pole
barn to house Rim-Nut equipment at
the treatment plant site
‘-This project is part and parcel of our
attempt at trying to solve this
discharge problem as realistically
and as cost-effectively as possible.’
said (Hxk
‘iou just don’t spend $7
mitUonor whatever ion a treatment
plant~and then find out that everythmg
is obsolete
(‘it\ officials protested vehemently
last fall after the DNR unveiled proposed discharge guidelines seeking a total
yearly phosphorous output of 650
pounds to downstream Limekiln Lake
Under the proposal, wastewater plants
operated by the city and th# nearby
Michigan Seamless Tube Division of
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Jackie and Charles Perry are staying “ratIonal”
Jackpot!
Local pair bags $100,000
By THERLSE PETERSMAAJt’’ “rR~Owerlun”tQA in South Lyon
Both said that they have been faithful
Picture this A couple walks into a buyers of Mic”igan’s Summer Instant
lMttery’ and this time it finally paid off
store to buy $10 worth of grnceries
We didn t expect to get $100.(XX).’’
They manage to scrape up their last $2
to buy a couple of lottery tickets and Charles said ‘It feels different It feels
good
end up winning $100.(X$)
According to Jacgueline. she had to
Sound like a funny story’ If it is. then
Charles and Jacquelli~ Perry are loot at the ticket thrSe times before she
laughing all the way to the bank to pick c~ildbelieve she was holding a winner
In a state of disbelief she then
up the cheek
The South Lyon couple came into the
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Rehab loans—coming soon
to downtown
The Oakland County community
development division has allocated
$103,836 in public and private funds that
should be available this fall to spruce.
up storefronts in downtown South Lyon
City Manager Rod Cook said he was
somewhat “disappointed’ by the sizeol
the allocation, which is roughly 41 per
cent of the $250,000 originally requested
by the city under the county’s Comnier
cial Assistance Plan ‘CAP i ‘The
amount is not as significant as we
would have liked to have seen, but it is
money that can be put to good use in the
downtown area.” he said
South Lyon is one of eight corn
munities in the county pronounced
eligible for the CAP plan. which will
establish a $1.6 million low-interest loan
pool for downtown merchants who
develop plans to refurbish their
storefronts
The commercial revitalization plan is
funded partially by Conimuna~
Development Block Grant funds funnel
ed through the county by the federal of
lice of Housing and Urban Develop
ment HUD For every’ dollar n block
grant funds, Detroit’s Manufacturers
National Bank has agreed to furnish
$4 54 to beef up the low-interest loan
program
South Lyon would actually receive
$18,743 in block grant funds, with the
rest of its CAP loan allocation coming
from the Detroit-based lending institution.
CAP program coordinator Susan