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Carson, Keough vie for president post

By Erica McClain
Heritage Media

Longtime Village Trustee Jim Carson is challenging incumbent Village President Shawn Keough this election. Carson, who has served on Council for nine years, announced his official bid in mid-July. He has thought about running for the villages top office before, but now the time is right, he told the Dexter Leader after officially filing. Heritage Media sent out an online questionnaire to both candidates regarding their run to office. Here is how the two responded:

Shawn Keough (I)

Occupation and education: Professional civil engineer licensed in the state of Michigan with a bachelor of science in civil engineering from University of Michigan Political affiliation: I evaluate all issues and candidates on their merits not their political affiliation.

Gratitude for going green

Village, school win environmental award
By Amy Bell
Heritage Media

Age: 42 station so that our Previous regions central elected facility matches experience: the exceptional Village trustee quality of the from March service we 2004 until Dec are providing. 2007. Village Second, I want president from to continue our December 2007 focus on upgradto present. ing the villages What are infrastructure. Keough Carson three key We have made issues that many improveyoure seeking to deal with if ments to our water system and at elected? our wastewater plant, as well as to I am a strong supporter of the portions of our street network. We regional fire department concept. have many streets that need to be To that end, the village needs either improved. And we need to continue a new or significantly upgraded fire our focus on non-motorized pathhall in order to continue to provide ways and sidewalk improvement the high level of services associated projects that provide recreational with fighting fires and emergency opportunities, safe travel for our rescue. Our current facility, while kids and connectivity throughout functional, is severely outdated in our village. many ways and lacks the adequate Lastly, I would like to continue space for gender equity in the field our focus to improve the fiscal of public safety and rescue. health of our village. While we have We need to improve our village kept the tax rate the same over the

past seven years, we have been able to achieve balanced budgets and implement programs to lower our unfunded liabilities in the areas of employee pensions and retiree health care. I want to make sure we continue to get healthier in these areas. How do you plan to resolve those issues? We need to either make significant upgrades to our current fire station or build a new one. A few years ago, I proposed a plan that outlined how we can fund this important public safety project and the time is nearing where we can take advantage of that opportunity. The opportunity for village residents to pay for a new or upgraded station without significantly changing our tax structure is coming in 2017 when our current General Obligation Bond for the downtown streetscape will be paid off. I believe we have the opportunity to replace this current millage
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The 15th annual Washtenaw County Environmental Excellence Awards featured a range of winners including a village, elementary school, a company making products for the pipeline industry and a golf course. The awards, determined by the Water Resources Commissioners Office and the Public Health Departments Environmental Health Division, recognize nonprofit organizations and businesses within the county that provide leadership in environmental protection and practice environmentally sound behavior. Award categories included: waste reduction and recycling, water quality protection and pollution prevention initiatives and compliance as well as an overall winner. The Village of Dexter was the overall winner for its waste reduction, water quality protection and pollution prevention practices.
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The 15th annual Environmental Excellence Awards were presented during the recent Washtenaw County Ways and Means meeting. From left to right: Donna Dettling, village of Dexter; Steve Field, The Trenton Corporation; Scott Bartz, Wylie Elementary School and Paul Scott and Dan Mausolf of Radrick Farms Golf Course.

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Partial-term seat challenged in school board race

By Danny Shaw
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From top left, Bonnie Everdeen, Chris Gordon, Barbara Reed and Larry Cobler are all runnning for school board seats.

Voters within the Dexter Community Schools district will be seeing two familiar faces return to the Board of Education while deciding which candidate will take up a third, partial-term seat in the Nov. 6 election. Incumbents Larry Cobler and Bonnie Everdeen will go uncontested on the ballot for two, six-year term seats. Pending a successful write-in campaign, Cobler and Everdeen will automatically be elected to the seats. Barbara Read will challenge incumbent Chris Gordon for a partial-term seat on the board, which ends on Dec. 31, 2014.

Larry Cobler

The partial term stands separately on the ballot from the uncontested full-term seats. Candidates were asked to fill out an online questionnaire submitted by Heritage Media asking biographical information and three key issues they would seek to deal with as a trustee. Age: 62 Occupation: Retired Air Force major; currently director of the Project Management Office at Altarum Institute. Education: Bachelor of business administration, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas - 1978 Master of Science, Information Systems, Trinity

University, San Antonio, Texas - 1984 All but Dissertation, Ph.D program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Previous elected office: Dexter Community Schools Board of Education, 2004 and 2008 What are three key issues you would seek to deal with if elected? Improving the quality of education at Dexter Schools in the face of declining revenue and with the rapid, uncoordinated changes that are being imposed by new legislation from Lansing. Do you have any relatives who currently attend or previously attended a school
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