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Chelsea StandardVOL. 139, NO. XX THURSDAY, JULY 12, 201275

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guide for Lima Township

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Sylvan Township has onecandidate on the ballot fortownship supervisor, whiletwo Republicans are com-peting for the clerks postand two more are vying forthe treasurers seat, bothin the primary. There arethree Republicans compet-ing in their own primarywith one Democrat with noprimary opponent are seek-ing two open trusteeships.

Heritage Media sent outquestionnaires to each of

the and the followingare their responses:

Scott CooperOffice sought:Township supervisorPolitical affiliation:ConservativeOccupation: Program man-ager for IndependentManufacturersEducation: Bachelorsdegree in marketing,Western MichiganUniversity.Family: I have a wonderfulsupportive wife of 16 years,Jan Cooper, and a 13-year-old eighth grader, my son,Cameron.Previous Elected office:

Trustee SylvanTownship, president

of Cavanaugh LakeHomeownersAssociation for 10years.Current Public orCommunity Service:

Trustee Sylvan Township,township representative tothe Wave Board, member ofSylvan PlanningCommission, past memberof the Sylvan Water andSewer Authority.

What are three keyissues that youre seek-ing to deal with ifelected?

Change the tone of poli-tics and direction so thatthe people of the township

are served by the board andnot the other way around.

Customer service is goingto be the No. 1 objective.Market the township in

a manner that improvesthe revenue and our repu-tation. We need to buildrelationships with develop-ers/builders so that thetownship can grow fiscally,all the while re-focus ourefforts on becoming a morefuturistic township byimproving our urban cen-ter, our recreation center,improved bike paths, publictransportation and other21 century ideas that bringyoung entrepreneurs to ourarea.

Improve our working and

developing relationshipwith our neighboring town-

ships and our relationshipwith the City of Chelsea.The bad blood between theold board and the city needto be mended and the onlyway to do that is with a newboard.

Douglas SmithOffice Sought: SylvanTownship clerkPolitical Affiliation:IndependentOccupation: Social WorkerAge: 60Family: Wife, KarenWoollams; son, Geoffrey;and daughter, Rose

Chelseas long-runningSounds & Sights Festivalhas announced its action-packed schedule for July26-28.

Now in its 37th year, theFestival weekend featuresmany of the popular attrac-tions of previous yearsincluding the KidZone, theFriday night Classic CarShow with more than 300vehicles, the Pet Parade andthe Social EntertainmentTent.

Also returning is anexpanded food court and

Art Market featuring localand national artists fromthroughout the Midwest.

The 2012 nightly enter-tainment lineup featuressome of Michigans fin-est groups. Headlining

this year are: The HardLesson playing ThursdaysAlternative night, WhiteyMorgan and Blue River

Band performing coun-try on Friday night, andFestival favorites Fifty AmpFuse ending the event onSaturday evening.

This is the best lineupweve had since I havebeen involved, said CraigCommon, Festival commit-tee member. The event hasa very strong reputation inthe music circles and ourentertainment guru GaryMunce has done a great jobof booking top-notch talenteach night ... and its only$5 to see them. We openwith alternative bands onThursday with some greatlocal acts, come back with

two well-known countryacts on Friday night andclose with a big dance partySaturday with one of thecountrys best cover bands

A new owner has stepped

forward for the Garden Millin place of Trinh Pifer, whohas owned the downtownChelsea business for sevenyears.

On June 29, the GardenMill was purchased byJennifer Fairfield, an avid

organic gardener andbirder.

Trinh Pifer held thegrand opening of theGarden Mill, which isnext to the Common Grill,seven years ago duringChelseas SummerFest, and

the business has growninto a destination withcustomers coming from asfar as Pennsylvania andCalifornia.

Locals remember theearly days of the businesswhen Pifers young daugh-

ters played in the kids areaof the store.

Last year, Pifer accepteda job offer as director of theChelsea Senior Center andthe store was listed for sale.

We were committed tokeeping the doors of the

Garden Mill open becauseour customers asked us topreserve the tradition andcharacter that it adds todowntown Chelsea, Pifersaid.

New owner set to take over at Garden MillJenniferFairfield

pur-chasedthe gar-

den Mill inChelsea

and takes

over forTrinh

Pifer. Thebusinesswas start-ed seven

years agoby Pifer. PLEASE SEE GARDEN/3-A

Business wasstarted sevenyears ago

9 seek office in Sylvan vote

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Cooper

Candidates

running forseveral posts

Sounds &Sights actsannounced

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Festival runs3 days, starts

on July 26

Whitey Morgan will be one of the headliners at this years Sounds & Sights Festival.The event starts July 26 and runs through July 28.

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