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Board OK's loan for expenses

Schools honor longtime educator

By Kathleen Conat, Special Writer

PUBLISHED: January 24, 2008

In an effort to operatin expenses with a dwindling budget, Ypsilanti schools board members approved the borrowing of $4.6 million to keep the district afloat through October of this year.

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Chief Financial Officer Alan Dowdy said the money was needed due to the state's delay in paying the foundation fund money.

In a related item, the board adopted a resolution laying out the harm the loan does to the district that was to be forwarded to the proper state representatives.

In other business, board members honored longtime educator and former superintendent Ralph Grimes at its meeting last week.

Grimes' widow, Gale, and daughter, Robyn, were presented with a resolution recognizing Grimes' "accomplishments and steadfast leadership" in 30 years of service to the district.

Superintendent James Hawkins, with whom Grimes worked closely as an assistant superintendent in the 1980s, spoke highly of the man who had taken over from him in 1990. Hawkins reminisced about his long hours, his dedication to the students and being "the man with the golden throat."

"Ralph Grimes was a true gentleman and a great educator," Hawkins said in summing up.

The board acknowledged the donation of $1000 to West Middle School's Athletic Department from Royce and Natalie Savvides, owners of the Tower Inn.

The board also acknowledged the donation of an automatic cardiac defibrillator to the district from The Dan Taylor Memorial Golf Outing and the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation.

Kathleen Conat is a longtime Ypsilanti resident and freelance writer for The Courier. She can be reached through editor@ypsilanticourier.com.

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