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THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013
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School bond projects up for bid

By Crystal Hayduk
Special Writer

The Chelsea schools have several bond projects up for bid. Ron Livengood, director of operations, updated the school board about the numerous projects throughout the district that have been placed up for bid.

According to Livengood, requests for proposals for eight of 12 projects are due by April 11. Bid packages total $1.826 million, with $300,000 coming from the sinking fund and the balance from the 2012 bond funds, said Livengood. Sinking and bond funds are allocated specifically

For more on the Chelsea school board, see page 9-A. for building and maintenance, and cannot be used directly for students. A few of the projects that the district hopes to complete before the start of school in the fall include

the completion of the high school parking lot, site work improvements at North and South, placing gravel in the overflow parking area at North, boiler work at Beach and the high school, and resurfacing of the tennis courts at Beach. Dana McClellan, an interior designer with Kingscott, assisted

Livengood by presenting sample ideas to the board regarding floor coverings, which are cycled for replacement and currently showing wear. In areas that need painting at the high school, she also recommended colors to ...highlight the architecture and to assist with way finding.

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Chelsea grads battle with cancer enters second round

By Kathleen Murphy
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ally Steinaway of Chelsea is only 33 years old, but already hes facing cancer for the second time. Ten years ago, Steinaway was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The 1999 Chelsea High School graduate beat the cancer and moved on with his life. Now, the cancer is back. This time, the testicular cancer has spread. It is now in his lungs and he has a tumor on his spine. Once you get a certain type of cancer, even if it comes back it always considered that type of cancer, said Miranda Torcolacci, who is the sister of Steinaways fianc Carrie. The couple plan to wed in May. Torcolacci said Steinaway is fighting the cancer with treatments at the St. Joseph Mercy Cancer Center in Ann Arbor. During the week-long treatments, he must stay at the hospital. He goes back to his Waterloo-area home for two weeks of rest before going back to the hospital for another week-long treat- Photo courtesy of Miranda Torcolacci ment, Torcolacci said. Wally Steinaway cuddles the pregnant belly of his ance Carrie. The pair are planning a May wedding as he ghts testicular cancer for a second time in 10 years.
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DDA mulls holiday light display replacement

By Sean Dalton
Heritage Media

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Tom Kladzyk of Holiday Lighting Services of Manchester presents his proposal March 21.

The Chelsea Downtown Development Authority is poised to begin earnest discussion on the direction of the citys seasonal tree lighting displays, which were considerably revamped four years ago. The DDA and city government purchased and had installed 27,800 LED lights for $23,275, which was successful in augmenting the look of the downtown district during the holidays, but now its time to consider replacing them. Or is it? The proposal from Tom Kladzyks Manchester-based company Holiday Lighting Services, which was contracted to procure and install the lights initially, called for the removal of all of the lights and the installation of an entirely new display. The proposal outlined a new install for $23,275 with a $3,000 fee for remov-

ing the old display, which Kladzyk told the DDA would continue to decline to a critical point where nearly half of the lights in the display were nonfunctioning. The display that we put in four years ago for you (is on) a heavily trafficked road ... the main problem we have is exposure to corrosives, Kladzyk explained to DDA as the main cause of the light displays degradation. Thats the main failure we saw when doing yearly maintenance on your display, corrosion to plug ins, Kladzyk added. Of the 33,250 lights installed four years ago, approximately 70 percent of them are functioning, partially thanks to Kladyks company providing warranty service over the lifetime of the display, which cost Chelsea on average $8,238 each year for the lifetime of the display, which is one of the questions that the DDA is considering whether or not four years is

the lifetime or the city makes a go at squeezing another year of usefulness out of the initial investment. City Manager John Hanifan was the only official to really speak to the issue, since the DDA tabled the item for their next regular meeting in April at Hanifans request. We bought the lights, right? Hanifan asked Kladzyk rhetorically on behalf of the DDA board. They belong to us ... I guess I have an issue or a question. Why would we take down, even if a third of the lights arent working ... why would we pay you to remove those and why would we take down the ones that work? I dont think the board is going to take action today and I dont think they should, he continued. I have a hard time paying for the removal of probably 70 percent of the lights out there ... it just doesnt make any sense to me that we have lights that we paid
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