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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1976
OUR 96TH YEAR
VOL.84 NO.21
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SKATING - Local youngsters skate on the pond at
Brook wood park. The pond, located just west of the tennis
courts, will be complete with a warming house. Norm
Roller, Community Recreation Director, hopes complete,
facilities will  be available this week.  (Photo by Bill
Chadwick)
Dog Races Are Slated In Harrison
The Great Lakes Sled Dog Association in co-operation with the International Sled Dog Racing Association will be in Harrison this weekend,
January 24-25 for two days of racing.
James Bieknell of Clare and Wendell
Pietchak of Houghton Lake are co -
chairman of the Harrison races.
The races will be run over the 200
acres at Four Seasons of the North on
North Old State Road three miles west
of Harrison.
The events go on continuously all
day long during the weekend. Sometimes two events may be going on at
the same time.
Following is a schedule of events;
11:00 a.m. 5 dog class. These are
mostly novices. You can run 3-5 dogs
and the trail is between 4-6 miles long
each day.
Queen
Heads
11:30 a.m. Junior class. A junior
runs 2-3 dogs and goes the same
distance as the 5 dog class. These
drivers are highly competitive. Some
are novices but others are exper-
Delayed
Highly computerized equipment is
wonderful when all is working well.
On Tuesday the wonderful highly
computerized equipment at the Sentinel elected to stop working.
AH efforts to make necessary repairs were futile,
As a result a number of stories and
pictures scheduled for this week's
paper had to be held over until next
week.
We were able to produce the bulk of
this paper by moving most of the staff
to Evart and Reed City where they
kindly let us use their equipment as
they too produced a paper this week.
The difference in type is due to
setting parts of this newspaper at 3
different plants.
ARB
lenced drivers who have been in the
sport since they were 5 years old.
12:30 p.m. 7 dog class. The teams
have from 4-7 dogs and the trail goes
6-12 miles per day. Most of these
drivers are experienced and skillful in
their driving and handling a dog team.
There are money prizes in this class.
2:00 p.m. Unlimited class. These
teams must have 5 dogs but 11-14
dogs are more common. They run
12-20 miles per day. These are all
experienced drivers who have put
much work, time, and dedication into
their team. Most of the prize moneys is
distributed in this division with first
place getting a healthy chunk.
2:30 p.m, Weight pulling and children's races. (Probably these will be
going on at the same time).
Children --We have 2 divisions. 5-7
yr. olds go around a. 100 yd. dash but
just before they race, the 7-11 yr, olds
go about 1 mile. They drive one dog.
They are very competitive. You'll also
really enjoy this event.
On Sunday, all times are one hour
earlier so action starts at 10:00 a.m.
and the trophy and purse distribution
is at 3:00 p.m.
State Has 40,590
Acres in The County
LANSING - Over $1.9 million has been
mailed to 81 Michigan counties by the
Department of Natural Resources as
payment in lieu of taxes on 3.5 million
acres of state-owned land.
For Meet
By Bill Chadwick
Rodeo Queen Cheryl Shull will
compete in the International Rodeo
Finals in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the week of
Wednesday, January 21 to Sunday,
January 25, in hopes of winning the
title of Miss Rodeo, U.SA
The service clubs of Clare and the
Clare Chamber of Commerce presented Miss Shull with a check for
$400 for expenses at Tulsa, where she
will be competing against girls from all
over the country.
Miss Shull was sponsored by Ken
and Carol Martz in the dare Rodeo
Queen contest, which was run by the
Business and Proefssional Women's
Association,
Miss Shull's parents, Vera and
Cithelene Shull, will bring her horse
to Tulsa, so it can be with her in the
contest.
According to Ben Harrell, a director
of Clare Chamber of Commerce, this
coming year's rodeo will consist of a
weak tone; celebration of the nations
•i-Cerrtennial.
NEW T^CKLK - Jay Poet lleftt looks at a new rod and reel that is new to tfce
market and is much smaller than previous Ashing gear, A comparison can be
made with the present and new equipment. The new equipment goes through
high quality production standards. With Jay are Tin Quinnaa of Jay's sad
Ron Westcott of Olympic Corp. Well over 150 dealers attended a shew last
week here put on by Jay's Sporting Goods wholesale dealer department.
(Clare Sentinel photo)
Appropriated by the Michigan Legislature, the state pays 54 cents per acre
directly to county treasurers who in turn
prorate the funds on to local school
districts and townships.
Thirty-seven percent of the funds are
allocated by law to school districts, while
counties and townships each receive
about 31.S percent of the total.
Luce County in the Upper Peninsula,
which has over 260,651 acres of state
lands, received the largest payment,
$140,752. Other high payments went to
these counties, with acreage shown in
parenthesis: Schoolcraft, $132,915 (246,-
138); Mackinac, $109,140 (202,111); Marquette, $107,882 {200,088); and Dickinson
$104,595 (193,694),
Payments, which amounted to about
$1.75 million in 1974, cover "tax reverted
recreation and forest lands under control
and supervision of the DNR and any and
all other lands held by the DNR, except
certain lands purchased for natural
resources purposes," according to legislative action.
Within the next few weeks, the state
will supplement these payments by
funding counties with approximately $2,6
million, covering DNR lands throughout
Michigan that were purchased after 1933,
These later tax-aid grants are scaled to
prevailing local mlllage rates.
Area county payments for 1975 are as
follows:
County Acre*   Tax Payments
Clare 40,590.27 21,918.56
Gladwin 76,607,61 41,367.24
Isabella 1,715,26 9MM
Mecosta 3,670.33 i,9SI.«
Midland        31,305.02 16.J04.71
Missaukee     «58,2Sf.6i 36,878,31
Osceola 8,702.* 4,6*9.43
The city of Clare moved ahead with
plans to seek $300,000 in federal
funds downtown urban renewal and
sidewalk construction holding public
hearings both Monday and Tuesday
night.
John Ruggles of Remus, who is
aiding the city in applying for the
funds, conducted the first public
hearing during the regular city commission meeting.
Ruggles outlined the plans which
include land acquisition site improvement, barrier free intersections and
construction of 2 miles of sidewalks at
various points around the city.
The land involved is between 3rd
and 4th streets and 4th and 5th
streets in back of stores on the east
side of McEwan St. downtown.
The buildings would be demolished
and the area paved for use as parking
for the downtown area. The plans are
similar to projects in several other
northern communities where additional downtown parking is needed.
Ruggles said Clare is one of 125
northern communities who have filed
pre-applications for various projects,
the state has $5.3 million for these
projects this year. It is expected about
50 of the projects will receive
approval this year.
The state of Michigan just acts as a
clearing house for the projects with
the decision to approve projects made
by the federal government.
If Clare receives approval on its pre
- application they will be asked to
submit a full application.
The pre - application allows com-
munitiesto seek funds without spending a great deal of money for full
research and data needed for the full
application.
If approved the project will be 100
per cent funded by the federal
government.
Chamber of Commerce president
Ron Kunse said he has heard nothing
but favorable comment on the projects.
There were no objections voiced
against the project during the Monday
night hearing.
Bill Schaeffer told the commission
that the city was running into some
problems with snowmobilers in the
city. In the past the Snowmobile Club
had aided in seeing that violators
were informed of the proper rules and
regulations,
If youngsters were involved their
parents were contacted and informed
of the problem.
Schaeffer said the city has a
Snowmobile Ordinance that set aside
certain areas where the machines
could drive for a route out of town.
Recent heavy snow has seen a
number of snowmobilers using the
sidewalks in trips to the store or gas
station.
"Before we get into any problems
we would like to protect what we have.
I would like to see the map and
ordinance published in the paper so
everyone would be aware of the situation," Schaeffer said.
The City Commission agree to see
that the map and ordinance was
published again.
Schaeffer pointed out it was the first
time In the last 3 years the city has
had enough snow to use the machines
just about everywhere.
Mayor William Ulrich announced a
number of appointments to various
city boards and commissions.
None of the city commissioners
were aware of those that were to be
appointed.
Commissioner A.J. Doherty said
"We (commissioners) should be
aware of these appointments in
advance so we can make a fair and
just decisions."
Commissioner Bob Walters agreed
with Doherty pointing out that had
been the policy in the past.
Mayor Ulrich said if they wished he
would delay the appointments until
the next meeting.
Doherty said he was not questioning
the qualifications but lots of people
that would be interested but don't
know what's going on in advance of
the appointments.
Mayor Ulrich said, "It would be a
dangerous approach to seek names of
those interested in advance. I don't
want 50 people seeking 10 appointments."
Doherty didn't see any "danger"
and feel more people might be interested in government if they knew
about openings on various city committees in advance.
City Manager Glen Cain also made a
number of appointments to various
city offices under his direction.
Doherty also requested that in the
future the city manager inform the
commission in advance of his recommendations for appointments.
PRESENTATION - Be* Harrel, a director of the Oar* Oiajnoer of
CosWMTce presents a check to Rodeo Queen Cheryl Skull aa Jean Harrett of
the Business and Professional Womens As#onaUen watches. The chock w*t
pay aM of Miss Skull's expenses as she travels to Tulsa, Oklaaoou, to <
in International Rodeo finals.
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