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By Austen Smith
Heritage Newspapers
Voters in Augusta Township BLOGS
may face a decision in 2011 ■ Inside the Newsroom
whether to recall Clerk Kathy ■ Austen Smith’s “The
Giszczak who was elected to her Corner Stool”
second term in office in 2008.
More than 760 signatures
were collected by a handful of
concerned residents led by CJ
McDonald, who has had a long
running feud with Giszczak
over basic rights concerning the
Freedom of Information Act. Connect with
Washtenaw County required
660 signatures – which repre- Hotjobs by Monster:
sents 25 percent of township Click on the “jobs” tab on
residents who voted in the last the home page of our Web
gubernatorial election, set forth site or go directly to http://
Frank Dalimonte, a participant in the Songwriters Stopwatch Challenge, smiles while he plays his latest piece at the jobs.heritage.com.
by state law – in order to con- Ypsilanti District Library on Saturday.
sider the recall.

More than 760 Songwriter’s Festival comes to Ypsi

signatures were
By Adrienne Ziegler to the right sounds, or just finding the time and inspiration to
collected by CJ Heritage Newspapers write, songwriting is a craft that takes equal amounts of cre-
Many songwriters struggle with creating new music. ativity and dedication. Join us on Twitter:
McDonald, who Whether it’s putting together lyrics, matching the right words At the 2010 Ypsilanti Songwriting Festival held on Oct. 2 at
Become an Ypsilanti
the Ypsilanti District Library on Whittaker Road, blossoming
has had a long songwriters got the chance to learn new tools and techniques to Courier follower. Click on
the Twitter tab on the home
improve their writing and practice their skills.
running feud page of our Web site or go
directly to http://twitter.com/
with Clerk Blossoming songwriters got the HeritageNews.

Kathy Giszczak. chance to learn new tools and

Now, there will be a 22-day
review period in which county
clerk officials will review pos-
sible discrepancies in the signa-
tures and petitions in addition
to checking the names against
the qualified voter list.
“We will be looking at things
on the surface such as if two
signatures on top of each other
have the same handwriting, is
the signature dated before or
after the petition was circu-
lated, did the circulators sign
off on it, just basic things like
that,” said Jason Brooks, a dep-
uty with the Washtenaw County
Clerk’s Office.
Brooks signed off on the peti-
tions which were submitted by
McDonald to the clerk’s office
on Sept. 23. The recall language
was approved in June.
Brooks said after 15 days of
cursory review of the signa-
tures, they will conduct a more
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techniques to improve their writing
and practice their skills.
Join us on
With performances by local musicians, individual sessions
Facebook:
with songwriters, interviews with artists Graham Parker and Click on the Facebook
Paul Burch, and activities like the Songwriters Stopwatch tab on the home page of
Competition, participants walked away with plenty of encour-
our Web site or search
agement and new approaches to their craft.
for us on Facebook for
Belleville View/Ypsilanti
“Everybody struggles,” workshop participant Frank Courier
Dalimonte said.
Dalimonte writes songs as a hobby, but doesn’t generally play
in front of people.
“Learning to play in front of others and share takes a lot of
courage,” he said.
Organizers of the event originally put together the
Songwriting Festival four years ago as a way to bring more men
and teens through the doors. The Marketplace:
“We thought of different initiatives, and this was one. It’s Local ads are just a hop
certainly met that, but it’s also opened lots of other opportuni- away at the MIcentral.com
ties as well,” library director Jill Morey said. “The Songwriting marketplace. Check out all
Festival is such a perfect extension of what a library should be, the special supplements
and it’s been so well received.” of JRC newspapers in
Sean Rogers, left, and Roger Possley, perform for partici- Michigan. Click on “market-
pants of the Ypsilanti Songwriting Festival on Saturday. The event is so unique that in 2009, the festival won the
place” on our Web site or go
Rogers was one of several mentors that worked one-on-one directly to www.marketplace.
with songwriting participants. PLEASE SEE MUSICAL/7-A micentral.com.

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on Season tickets are $45 for adults and $15 for youth. to East Middle School, 510 Emerick St., and will be and be expected to obey all traffic laws.
recycled
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value), and are good for general admission to any The district’s administration building, located at of Elm and Congress) with a ride length of one to
home football game. Visit www.emueagles.com for 1885 Packard Road, is under renovation. two hours; and Fridays, 8 a.m. starts at Beezys
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