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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013
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Tense board meeting in Sylvan

By Nathaniel Siddall
Special Writer

The transition to a new local government is still tense in Sylvan Township, as evidenced at the monthly board of trustees meeting Feb. 5. Around two dozen members of the public were present, including officials who had been voted out of office last year and wished to Cooper question the actions of the new board. Its time the public realizes what is really going on here, as far as competence and incompetence, said Arlene Grau, former township treasurer. Grau and others criticized the board for using the services of Vickie Kooyers, former treasurer for Dexter Township, to help them organize Sylvan finances, and for seeking help from other township clerks. New Township Supervisor Scott Cooper said Kooyers was working on a volunteer basis, and that help was needed because everything is a mess. New Township Clerk Doug Smith said the board had received no cooperation from the outgoing board. He said the outgoing clerk had deleted numerous emails prior to her departure. Cooper emphasized the new board expected to reduce costs by doing in house much of the work that had been contracted to accountants. Tom Caplis, the former zoning administrator, said it would only be a savings if they pass the audit at the end of the year. Well find out, wont we, he said.
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Who can resist the lure of a delicious, heart-shaped cookie? Not Nicolas Peal, 4, of Chelsea. Nicolas enjoyed this cookie from Glee Cake and Pastry Saturday during the Fifth Annual Chocolate Extravaganza. He was treated to the cookie by his dad, Dan Peal.

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Mother Nature, chocolate combine for sweet event

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other Nature cooperated and served up a perfect winter day to help Chelsea celebrate the Fifth Annual Chocolate Extravaganza Saturday at more than 30 local businesses. Under sunny skies and temperatures hovering in the 30-degree range, families could be seen strolling along Chelsea streets in search of sweet treats and the many bargains offered by merchants. There was a wide range of familyfriendly activities with chocolates, Valentine-themed treats and activities at local shops, restaurants, galleries and cafes.

At Heydlauff s Appliances and I think the weather the sunElectronics on Main Street, Marie shine helped. Barnsdale cooked up batches of Fairfield remembered last years chocolate muffins using the homeevent, which fell on a cold, blustown Jiff Chocolate Muffin Mix. tery day. This years good weather A little further helped bring out the up the street at The shoppers, she said. Garden Mill, Janet Over at Kevin SEE MORE Brown helped chilFrahms Global For more photos of the dren make their own Marketplace, shopFifth Annual Chocolate chocolate candies, pers filled the store, Extravaganza, see the using plastic molds greeted by his Community page, 1-B. shaped like coins or daughter Kira, 11, hearts. The kids put offering free origami the chocolate into the mold and art that she and her dad made. She then took it into room where it set also showed off finger puppets and for about three minutes. stuffed animals for sale. Chocolate The Garden Mill owner Jennifer cupcakes were offered as a free Fairfield said she was happy with treat. the crowd that filled her store. Its PLEASE SEE CHOCOLATE/3-A been a nice, steady flow, she said.

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District to receive Best Practices funds

By Crystal Hayduk
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The Chelsea Board of Education approved the resolution to receive Best Practices funding from the state for the current school year at their meeting Monday evening. The district meets seven of the eight requirements to receive incentive funding of $52 per student. According to Superintendent Andy Ingall, the Best Practices funding for the next school

year will be significantly reduced, but the district will still have to meet the same seven of eight requirements. Ingall reported that Gov. Rick Snyder is proposing an increase of $130 million for early childhood education in the upcoming budget. Meanwhile, the school board heard good news on tests scores by Chelsea students. Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) scores were

released to the districts recently, and Ingall was very pleased with Chelseas performance. We are outpacing the state in every category, he said. The MEAP tests Ingalls are given each October to assess how students in third through eighth grade are doing in math and reading; with extra assessments in writing at the fourth and seventh grade levels, sci-

ence in fifth and eighth grades, and social studies in sixth and ninth grades. The districts students improved in all areas with the exception of seventh grade writing, which remained flat. Last year, the district began working on improving students writing ability with the Lucy Calkins program. Julie Deppner, executive director of instruction,

said that this is the second year of the states new cut scores. Cut scores refer to the score that a student must obtain on the test in order to be considered proficient. Deppner said that by 2021, the state will require students to receive a score of at least 80% to be considered proficient. Current reading scores are already over 80%. Compared to other county districts, Chelsea students scored highest in reading at the seventh and
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