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    The document is a newspaper article that discusses five candidates running for two open seats on the Milan City Council. It provides background information on each candidate such as their education, previous political experience, and goals if elected. The article also mentions that voters will decide between the candidates in the November 8 election.

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    The document is a newspaper article that discusses five candidates running for two open seats on the Milan City Council. It provides background information on each candidate such as their education, previous political experience, and goals if elected. The article also mentions that voters will decide between the candidates in the November 8 election.

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    VOL. 129, NO. 41

    Incumbent, challenger vie for mayoral seat


    Five candidates running for two open spots
    By Gerald LaVaute
    Heritage Media

    Five candidates are running for two positions as representatives on the Milan City Council. Milan voters will be asked on Nov. 8 to decide among the candidates. Two of the candidates, Martha Churchill and Russell Dotson, already serve on the council, and are running for re-election. Council candidate Brett Moyer served on the City Council from 2006 to 2010. The other two candidates, Candy Frye-Hines and Mike Williams, are relative newcomers to elected politics. All five candidates responded to a series of questions to help Milan voters understand the candidates education, their previous experience and their goals for the city .

    ate of Milan High School, as is Candy Frye-Hines. Hines also has a Certified Municipal Clerk designation from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. Brett Moyer graduated from Ypsilanti High School, attended trade school, and is a journeyman carpenter. Mike Williams is a graduate of Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard High School, completed two years of study in criminal justice at Washtenaw Community College, and four years at the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Michigan Regional Council for Carpenters.

    Previous experience
    Churchill has two previous terms as a member of the Milan City Council, currently serves on the Milan Planning Commission, is the historian for the Milan Area Historical Society, and was appointed recently to represent the city on a countywide transit board. Dotson is retired from the Michigan Center for

    Education
    Martha Churchill is an attorney who practices in Milan, and has a juris doctorate. Russell Dotson is a gradu-

    Forensic Psychiatry, and has been a City Council member since 2007. Dotson listed several organizations on which he has served, including the Downtown Development Authority, the chamber of commerce, the Milan Community Fair, the Zoning Board of Appeals, the American Legion and the Boy Scouts. Frye-Hines is retired from the city of Milan, and has not previously run for elected office. She is currently a member of the Milan Board of Review. Moyer was a previous council member, is a member of the Elected Officials Compensation Board, and is the committee chair of a local Boy Scout Troop. Williams is a construction worker, and said that he has not previously run for elected office. He currently serves on the Building and Safety Board of Appeals.

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    Five candidates are running for two seats on the Milan City Council. The candidates, clockwise from upper left, are Martha Churchill, Russell Dotson, Candy Frye-Hines, Brett Moyer and Mike Williams. jobs, and to increase the property tax base. She also wants to pay added attention to a local resource: Dredge Ford Lake so it will remain a beautiful lake, and not become a swamp. Dotson wants to continue fiscal responsibility by the City Council, and to get back to basics to get Milans infrastructure back in shape. Frye-Hines wants to increase the tax base by bringing in new business, and to improve communication between the city and the Milan school district. Moyers key goals are setting aside the equivalent of 2 mills each year to make capital improvements, particularly roads, and to continue the fiscal discipline with declining revenue that began during his first term. We cant get tired of doing the right thing, and making the right choices, he said. Williams wants to grow the tax base in the city, and to make capital improvements.
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    Options remain for funding road projects


    Board to delay discussion until Dec. 7
    By Sean Dalton
    Heritage Media

    SPECIAL REPORT: BEHIND THE SMOKE PART II

    Former Marine: medical marijuana should be regulated to relieve pain


    By Jerry Wolffe
    Journal Register News Service

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    All options are still on the table with regard to funding for $8.7 million to $9.7 million in road projects outlined by the Washtenaw County Road Commission in a Countywide Millage Projects List recently submitted to the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners. The controversy surrounding the usage of a centuryold, obscure power of the Board of Commissioners to levy up to 1 mill for road maintenance and repairs without a voter referendum came to a head at the Oct. 5 County Board of Commissioners meeting, a day before Road Commission figures were presented at the boards Oct. 6 working session. The board voted 9-1, with Commissioner Alicia Ping being the only dissenting vote, to postpone further discussion of the Road Commissions projects list until a meeting Dec. 7. At that time, the board will decide on whether to exercise its power to unilaterally enact a 0.6-mill
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    U.S. Marine who spent six months in Operation Enduring Freedom and has a severe back injury has found some relief in legally using marijuana three times a week. Spec. 4 Chris Swift, a 31-year-old Waterford Township father of two, with his current wife, Jaclyn, 27, also spent time in Okinawa Prefecture before being honorably discharged from the Marines on July 20, 2008. Swift, who went to Parris Island, S.C. for training to be a Marine, also has PostTraumatic Stress Disorder. He was involved in a severe car accident while stationed near San Diego and has degenerative disc

    See more Behind the Smoke coverage on pages 7-A and 20-A
    disease in his lower back, he said. He is applying for Social Security Disability Income, and he and his wife, and two young girls live on his $500 a month in veterans benefits, he said. In addition, the family receives food stamps. His wife just gave birth to their second child and plans to go back to school to study to be an ultra-sound tech. His apartment rent is $499 a month, and Swift says his family is only making it because his wifes family is financially helping them. After I got into that car accident, I couldnt run, my back was sore, and my legs were killing me, he said. He said a truck ran a red light near the San Diego base and his car
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    Former Marine Chris Swift wants marijuana regulated properly so patients can use it to ease pain.

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    group also helps fund library computers and technology, the popular Books for Babies program that provides reading kits for local newborns, books for VA Hospital patients, used book sales, magazine subscriptions, the monthly Book Bunch discussion group, and any other area where the library has a need. Membership in the Friends of the Milan Public Library is open to all. Individual annual dues are $3. More information is available at www.milanlibrary.org/library-friends.

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    Harvest Dinner to be held at church: Milan High School class of 1996 will hold a reunion from 6 p.m. to midnight Oct. 22 at Eagle Crest Resort, 1275 S. Huron St., in Ypsilanti. The evening will begin with a cash bar cocktail hour, followed by dinner and dancing. The cost is $32 per person. Send a check to Milan Class of 1996, P Box 252, .O. Milan, MI 48160-0252. Make checks payable to Rachel Butts. Email Jasonek [email protected] or call 616-633-9007.

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    Friends of Library marks 30th year: The Friends of the Milan Public Library marked the start of its 30th year at the groups fall meeting Sept. 27. The group was established by former Library Director Andrea Rumpsza to provide a childrens summer reading program at the Milan Public Library. The summer reading program has grown each year. The

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