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Students Samantha Gillman (left) and Elsa Ford work on an activity at Beach Middle School.

Back to schoolBeach Middle Schoolholds orientation forsixth grade studentsBy Krystle DunhamSpecial Writer

Students entering the sixth

grade at Beach Middle Schoolmay have an easier transitionwith the help of the schoolsnew mentoring program.

Beach Middle School, locatedat 445 Mayer Drive, held a sixth

grade orientation for its stu-dents Aug. 31.

The orientation introducedthe students to the middleschool and gave the childrenthe opportunity to meet theireighth grade mentor that theywill work with during theschool year.

Principal Patrick Littlesaid the new mentoring pro-gram, which is called Where

EverybodyBelongs,is new thisyear at the

middle school. The idea behindthe program is to help elemen-tary school students make aneasier transition to middleschool with help from a mentor.

Each sixth grade student willreceive a WEB mentor that theywill be able to go to for help andsupport throughout the schoolyear.

Were just trying to tacklethe problem head on, Littlesaid.

This is the first year thatBeach Middle School will now

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Eighth grade mentor Michael Wheeler (left) plays a game withsixth grade student Brady Friss (far right) as sixth grade stu-dents Joshua Wilkerson (middle left), Samantha Gillman, CodyFriday and Elsa Ford watch.

teach sixth grade througheighth grade. The change hasoccurred due to the closing ofPierce Lake Elementary Schoollast year. Little said in orderfor an eighth grade student tobecome a mentor they had toapply by filling out an appli-cation and writing an essayon themselves that provideddetails on the school activitiesthey are involved in and whatextracurricular activities theydo outside of school.

From the group of studentsthat applied, eighth grade mathteacher Brian Boos, eighthgrade English teacher KathrynMcCalla and Little determined

which students would be men-tors for the school year.

We were looking for adiverse group, Little said. Wewanted them to all be able torelate to the students.

They all have good peopleskills and thats what we want-ed.

There were 44 studentspicked as mentors who weretrained for two days prior toorientation. Two mentors, aboy and a girl, will have eightstudents to work with for theschool year.

At this age boys relate to

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CHELSEA

Networking eventsplanned in ChelseaMcMahon to addressimportance of newgateway initiativeBy Sean DaltonHeritage Newspapers

A speed networking eventwill take place today from5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the ChelseaComfort Inn. The event caters toentrepreneurs,professionalsand specialistsin the commu-nity.

Businessowners fromJackson,Chelsea,Pinckney andother areas willconverge onChelsea to meetand learn about

each other andthe various businesses thatoperate in the region.

The event will involve facetime with up to 17 businesseswith four minutes devoted toeach fast-paced interaction,during which participants willpitch their own businesses butalso spread the word about busi-nesses they have learned about.

The speed networking proj-ect is very similar to an eventthat we held a couple of yearsago, Chelsea Area Chamber ofCommerce Director Bob Piercesaid. Its a great way to get tolearn about the variety of busi-nesses in the area, and in thiscase its a very strong regionalevent.

Pierce said the intent is tofocus on bolstering the regionfrom a business and tourismstandpoint in a bid to shiftthinking from competing withother Michigan communities

to competing with major metro-politan areas like Chicago.

Ive often thought thatour competition is not our

local communities wereactually competing againstplaces like Chicago, Cleveland,Indianapolis and Cincinnati,Pierce said. Working withregional partnerships and col-laborations is a way to promoteour entire area.

The speed net-working event willbe followed up onSept. 15 by TheDollars and Senseof ProtectingCommunityCharacter, a gate-way communityevent where par-ticipants will havean opportunity toshare informationand resources with

each other beforeEd McMahon of the UrbanLand Institute discusses theimportance of gateway com-munities.

McMahon is an expert oncreating and sustaining livableand prosperous communities,Pierce said.

Pierce said the event isanother opportunity centeredin Chelsea that is intended todraw interest from businessowners and professionals fromboth inside and outside ofWashtenaw County.

This is a unique opportunityfor people to tap into a greatdeal of experience and exper-tise, Pierce said. McMahon isexperienced in economic devel-

opment, tourism promotion,and historic preservation.The event will be held at 500

Washington St. and will begin

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It is a great wayto get to learn

about the varietyof businesses in

the area.

BOB PIERCE

Planning Commissionrevises master planBy Daniel LaiHeritage Newspapers

The Lyndon TownshipPlanning Commission will hosta public hearing to address anyquestions about its proposedtownship master plan at 7 p.m.Sept. 16 at the township hall.

The master plan provides rec-ommendations for protection ofrural character, farmland, andnatural resources; residential,commercial, and industrial

develop-ment;roads; andpublic

facilities and services.Were excited about it. Weve

been working on the masterplan for almost two years,chairman Leon Moore said.

Moore said unlike previousyears, where the master planwas simply revised with newamendments, the commissionrewrote several sections.

This is our first major

rewrite in probably 15 years,he said.

Moore said the goal of thecommission was to preserve therural recreation aspect of thetownship.

We noticed how impor-tant recreation is to LyndonTownship, especially when 52

percent of the land is owned bythe state, he said.

Some of the changes in themaster plan include preservingthe current lake residentialzone and creating two morezones traditional and lakeconservation.

The traditional lake resi-dential zone applies to existingcommunities or plotted subdivi-sions around the lakes, Mooresaid.

Under the old master plan,land plots under 1.2 acres wereconsidered non-conforming.

The new plan basically takescare of that, he said.

The commission also revisedits sewer use policy.

Under the old plan, munici-pal sewers were only to be usedfor existing homes or homeswith existing problems, Mooresaid.

The new language allows forsewers to protect lake quality incommunities around the lakesas long as it does not create

dense population around thelakes.

A third change in the masterplan addresses private roads.

The old plan did not allowfor the creation of new privateroads, Moore said. The newplan allows for new private

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