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Hospital closes day care facility

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Chelsea Community Hospital decided recently to close its Childrens Day Care facility much to the shock and outrage of many parents. In a letter dated July 11, hospital president and CEO Nancy Graebner notified parents of the closure, stating is due to program

costs and the hospital refocusing its mission on providing health care to the communities it serves. The hospital has entered into a management agreement with Gretchens House, a childcare provider with locations in Ann Arbor. The day care facilitys employees provided for 48 children in its programs for infants, toddlers and preschool children as well

as 100 children in its schoolage program, and opened 35 years ago. This was a difficult decision for Chelsea Community Hospital to make, and was not taken lightly, Graebner said. We sought many avenues to continue all of the child care in its current capacity, but in the end, a viable solution could not be found.

The school-age program will continue under the ownership and management of Gretchens House. This should be a seamless transition for our children and parents, she said. Graebner said they are pleased that Gretchens House has offered all families an opportunity to transition into one of their programs at the same rate.

Parents are expressing frustration with the closure of the facility, mainly because they were not asked for input before the decision was made. The way they went about this was just wrong, said Dania Dunlap-Hurden, whose toddler and preschool-aged children are cared for at the facility. I think that what should
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Bill Darwins Waterloo Croquet Club, and his antique slot machine business, were featured in a recent episode of Destination Michigan on public television, produced by WCMU, after his friend and customer Bob Garner, longtime host of Michigan Outdoors TV show, suggested the idea to producer Courtney Brooks. That episode of Destination Michigan began airing June 25. Darwin and his wife, Marsi, also introduced the TV crew to the Waterloo Farm Museum, where the couple met 24 years ago. The show reporting the museums 50th

anniversary will air later this year. When Darwin moved to Waterloo from Ann Arbor three decades ago, he created a 50-by-100 foot croquet court in front of his studio. The Waterloo Area Croquet Association was formed in 1994, changing to the Waterloo Croquet Club in 2004 when Darwin built the new court. A clubhouse was built in 1999. The court is similar to a golfing green with a closely cropped lawn. At 14,000 square feet, it can be used as two small courts for league play or as an official size 105by-84-foot court. The court is irrigated and lighted for night play. Players dress in white and adhere to USCA
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Chelsea City Council agreed to table a recommendation to give an additional $2,000 each to the Chelsea Senior Center and Chelsea Recreation at its regular Tuesday meeting. The budget amendment was proposed by Councilmember Kent Martinez-Kratz, but his colleagues agreed they need to see more detail on where the extra funds will go, especially when the city is penny-pinching already. We havent updated any of our contributions toward the senior center or the recreation department in many years, roughly five years I believe, MartinezKratz said, who also sits on the recreation board. Just from a recreation standpoint, Id say its important to increase the funding from the $10,000 to $12,000. Martinez-Kratz said the recreation department
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Marcia Parker White sworn in at new chambers

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Chelsea City Council members took part in two firsts at their regular Tuesday meeting this week they convened in their new chambers and swore in their newest council member. The council chambers is in the new Chelsea Police Department at 311 S. Main St., where City Manager John Hanifan said police personnel will be moved in

by the end of July. Its great to be here in our first meeting in our new building, Hanifan said. Its a great, practical building built by great, practical people for a practical city government. Its rewarding to be here. By the end of August, council meetings will be live-streamed to Channel 18, the citys cable channel, Hanifan added. The 6,600 square-foot building will be the permanent headquarters for the

departments 12 full-time employees. The building is also implemented with several energy-conserving features, including occupancy sensors, LED light fixtures and Energy Star-compliant mechanical systems. As for the newest member of the Chelsea City Council, Marcia White Parker was sworn in after being selected at the end of June to fill Bill Holmbergs seat. Parker will fill out Holmbergs

term, which is until November 2015. Holmberg moved to Lyndon Township in April, making him ineligible to stay on the council. Parker was one of six candidates interviewed for the position. Its pretty amazing to be up here, Parker said, who was been actively involved with Chelsea for nearly 30 years. Im thrilled to be doing this and Im thrilled I was chosen.

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