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VOL. 141, NO. 17
Council to add
flouride to water
By Sean Dalton
Heritage Media
More than two years after
Dentist Barbara Wehr began
speaking out about the village’s
deficient fluoride levels in
water supplied from its five
municipal wells, the additive
will be applied to Dexter’s water
on May 2.
The additive will bring the
fluoride level in the village’s
water up to 0.7 parts per mil-
lion, which is the recommended
amount for fluoride in drinking
water, according to the Centers
for Disease Control.
Wehr and 111 other dentists
in Chelsea, Dexter and Western
Ann Arbor have received let-
ters letting them know of the
change in Dexter’s water, which
will have immediate impacts on
how residents served by water
in Dexter should handle contin-
ued use of fluoride supplements
and treatments.
“We have been getting the
word out through our newslet-
ter, email update, posting a
Township board,
church debate
fees over steeple
By Krista Gjestland
Special Writer
North Lake Methodist
Church appealed to the Dexter
Township Board for relief
of fees associated with the
church’s steeple restoration
project Tuesday, April 20.
North Lake, in honor of its
175th-year anniversary, intends church’s costs is a $400 fee to
to restore a steeple that used to appeal to the Zoning Board of
top the building more than 60
years ago.
According to church member also see another $1,150 from
Merritt Honbaum of Chelsea,
the challenge is the $5,250 in
administrative fees set forth by depending on how many hours
the current township ordinance. are required the review the site
Honbaum, who is an ordinance plan.
officer for Lyndon Township,
acted as spokesperson for the
Creekside students celebrate Earth Day
By Sean Dalton
Heritage Media
Students at Creekside
Intermediate School did their
part last Thursday to honor the
planet by recognizing and cel-
ebrating Earth Day.
The celebration came a day
earlier than the actual Earth
Day date, which was established
on April 22,
1970, due to
the efforts of
Wisconsin
Sen. Gaylord
Nelson, who was an environ-
mental activist looking to start a
political movement in support of
environmental protection policy.
Nelson, who died on July 3,
2005, wanted “teach-in” events to
be the cornerstone of Earth Day
in practice. He would be particu-
larly pleased with Dexter’s sons
and daughters.
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notice on the display screen at
the library and contacting local
dentists,” said assistant village
manager Courtney Nicholls of
the village’s effort to inform the
public on an important public
health matter.
Until the additive hits
Dexter’s water Monday, the
amount of fluoride in the
village’s water is 0.4 parts per
million. The amount added
will be 0.3 parts per million, on
average. Some wells have more
naturally occurring fluoride
than others.
The village has five wells
from which village residents
are supplied their drinking
water.
“If your child takes fluoride
supplements please consult
with your dentist to determine
whether they are still neces-
sary,” she warned.
Brent Kolb of Dexter has
been practicing dentistry in the
village for roughly three years
now.
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church at the meeting.
“We are here to ask for some
relief from the expenses that we
might occur,” Honbaum said.
Included in the cost is a $2,500
flat fee that covers a petition
to the Planning Committee
and expenses incurred by the
township’s engineer and zoning
director. Also included in the
Appeals.
In addition, the church could
the township engineer and
$1,200 from the zoning director
“Why do we need to spend
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“Earth Day is a day to give
back to the Earth ... it means a
lot to me because we wouldn’t
be here without (it),” said Emily
Koppen, a student at Creekside.
Koppen added that she felt
humanity has been “rude” to
the ecosystems that benefit us so
greatly.
“I think Earth Day is impor-
tant because we need trees to
survive,” said
Creekside stu-
dent Jonathan
Turza, whose
parents have
planted dozens of trees in their
family yard.
Fellow student Jojo Koppen
said she was concerned about
the health of the Earth and its
soil.
“The soil gives us trees, and
the trees give us oxygen,” she
explained.
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Dexter Lion and lifelong friend Louie Ceriani holds onto a plaque commemorating Henry
Thurston’s 47 years of service at the board of education meeting April 25. The plaque will be
placed within the newly-named Henry Thurston Field House, along with a short biography
on Thurston’s life.
Remembering Henry
By Erica McClain
Heritage Media
A Dexter legend will never
be forgotten, thanks to a school
board vote that approved dedi-
cating the field house to him.
Henry Thurston worked for
47 years volunteering as the
high school’s team football
manager, but he was so much
Photo by Sean Dalton
Dan Riddle from Lodi Farms and student Nick D’Orio begin to plant the tree at Creekside.
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more than just that.
“He was so generous with
his time and the resources
he did have – he made dona-
tions everywhere,” Dexter
Superintendent Mary Marshall
said before the board unani-
mously voted to approve the
dedication.
Marshall said that when she
spoke to Leona Toon, Henry’s
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011
mother, she told Marshall that
she found dozens of receipts
and thank you cards addressed
to Henry – even receipts of
donations to the Republican
Party and the Democratic
Party.
Having passed away last year
on Oct. 7 of pancreatic cancer
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