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Bluegrass festival to ght cystic brosis

By Kevin Doby
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This weekend, K.C. Campground will bring bluegrass back to Milan with the Pickin On Cystic Fibrosis bluegrass festival. The weekend is organized by Jimmy Kittle, who has been playing bluegrass for years and put together the festival to help raise funds toward researching cystic fibrosis. Ive been around bluegrass music forever and my son has CF, so I thought a festival could be a good way to raise funds and awareness, Kittle said. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that causes the body to produce abnormally thick sticky mucuc, leading to lifethreatening lung infections. All of the profits from the festival go toward the organization Hunt for a Cure, a Michigan-based nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about cystic fibrosis. Hunt for a Cure also participates in fundraisers like the Pickin festival and all money raised at these fundraisers goes toward researching the disease at Michigan State University. All of the money we raise goes to HFC and all the money stays in Michigan. We hope it helps keep jobs in Michigan and helps keep RFC doing what they can to help, Kittle said. This festival comes on the heels of the 14th annual Milan Bluegrass Festival held at the same campground. Kittle has been running the sound at Jim Wilders festival and said that promoters like Wilder and others have helped him tremendously in organizing his own gig. Jim and other festival promoters have been very helpful, handing out fliers for this at their own shows, and just helping me get the word out, which has been the toughest part, Kittle said. This is the fourth year Kittle has put on a bluegrass
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Fear appointed to counselor position

Monroe resident has 25 years of experience
By Joyce Ervin
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The Milan school district has welcomed a new staff member who is already busy meeting with students, tending to schedule changes and giving advice. Ron Fear has filled the position of 11th grade counselor at Milan High School. Principal Ryan McMahon said the position was made available to better serve students as a result of growth in the school population. We now have counselors for all four grades, he said. Fear served as counselor at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor for the past three years, but has served in other districts. He brings 25 years of experience to his new position. Fear earned a bachelors degree in vocational education at the University of Toledo and taught horticultural studies at Penta Career Center in Perrysburg, Ohio, before attending Bowling Green

State University, where he earned a masters degree in guidance and counseling. He is now working on a specialists degree in administration. Fear resides in Monroe. After several failed attempts at selling his house, so he could relocate closer to his previous position in Ann Arbor and save the commute, Fear said he decided to keep his house and change school districts. Fear said he has found parents to be cooperative and students appreciative of his help. Im comfortable here, he said. Fear said he couldnt be happier with his new situation. He is able to maintain his current home, where he enjoys boating, swimming and fishing. I have to be near the water, he said. As for his new position, he looks forward to working with his students. Fear brings to the district a wealth of knowledge on the college admissions process along with post-secondary options for all students. Fear has a philosophy that has served him well and should benefit the students. I look for the best in a student or situation and build on that, he said. Joyce Ervin is a freelance writer. She can be reached at jlervin42@yahoo.com.

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Police arrest man in high-speed chase

Sheriffs deputies called after Milan police lose biker
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The Milan Police Department, Washtenaw County Sherriff s Office and Saline Police Department worked together to stop a man who led Milan police and sheriff s deputies on a chase

at about 10:30 a.m. Friday. The driver was apprehended by Saline police at the corner of West Michigan Avenue and Ann Arbor Road. Milan Police Chief Jeff Lewis said the suspect was stopped at the corner of Dexter Road and County Road in Milan for reckless driving when an officer spotted him popping wheelies on his sport motorcycle. After pulling into the Citgo station, the biker sped away as the officer began walking up to him. The suspect sped through
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downtown Milan, where he was lost by police. It was then that the Washtenaw County Sheriff s Office was called, and they and Milan police began looking for the individual. A sheriff s deputy spotted the biker at the corner of SalineMilan Road and Stony Creek Road. When the deputy attempted to stop the man, he sped off and led the deputy on a chase northbound on Saline-Milan Road. Both the deputy and Milan police pursued the man to no

avail when the call was placed to the Saline police to help stop him, and then apprehended the biker at the corner of West Michigan Avenue and Ann Arbor Road. The biker suffered no injuries, said Lewis, but asked to be taken to the hospital. Lewis said the man has outstanding felony warrants and the bike was on was reported stolen recently from Monroe County. Staff Writer Kevin Doby can be reached at 429-7380 or kdoby@heritage.com.

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tion materials, in addition to books and educational videos. Students can also use computers to do research and work on homework at the library. Activities at the Milan Public Library during Library Card Sign-up Month, which is under way, include a prize drawing for anyone who signs up for a new card or uses their existing card to check out materials. Todays libraries provide all types of students with the tools they need to succeed, Susan

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Wess, director of the Milan Public Library, said in a news release. Libraries provide young readers with exciting and engaging programs that make learning fun. Library cards are an essential back to school item now more than ever. Getting a library card is easy. Just stop by with proof of residency. For more information on how to sign up for a library card, visit the Milan Public Library in person or call 439-1240.

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Milan Library urges library cards: As Milan students head back to school this September, the Milan Public Library wants to encourage them to get a library card. The Milan Public Library, like most public libraries, provides students free access to databases of news articles, encyclopedias and test prepara-