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Combs claims topspot in Van BurenBy Jerry LaVauteSpecial Writer

The former director of the VanBuren Township Senior Centerwill be the communitys nextsupervisor.

Linda Combs, 63, was the topvote-getter for supervisor inTuesdays primary election and

moves on to the Nov. 6 generalelection unopposed.

In unofficial results, Combscarried 36.2 percent of the vote,tallying 1,109 votes, while defeat-ing incumbent Paul White by 50votes. Whites 1,059 votes amount-ed to 34.6 percent of the vote. Thetwo other Democratic candidateson the ballot, Larry Fix and TimSzetela, received 450 votes and429 votes, respectively.

Its a new chapter in our com-munitys history, Combs saidWednesday. Well go forwardfrom here.

She acknowledged that she was

concerned that the potential fora significant vote split amongthe four supervisor candidatesmight hurt her chances, and waspleased with the results.

Meanwhile, four Van Burenincumbents, Clerk Leon Wright,Treasurer Sharry Budd, andTrustees Phil Hart and Jeff Jahr

all Democrats advanced.In the contest for township

clerk, Wright received 1,679 votes,compared with opponent KarinLaMothe, who received 1,390votes.

Challenger beatssitting supervisorWhite by 50 votes

Linda Combs PLEASE SEE ELECTION/15-A

By Ben BairdHeritage Media

Firefighters extinguished a fire atDavid C. Brown Funeral Home onSunday afternoon after nearly threehours fighting to bring it undercontrol.

Van Buren Fire Chief DanBesson said Belleville and township

fire crews worked feverishly to stopthe fire that had travelled up the

rear wall of the building into a dor-mer on the second floor.

Emergency responders startedarriving at about 6:30 p.m. Sundayafter the fire was reported, accord-ing to a news release from the VanBuren Fire Department. The firewas brought under control at about

9:15 p.m.As of Wednesday morning, no

official information had beenreleased on the cause of the fire.

Martha Brown, wife of funeralhome owner David Brown, said itsbelieved the fire was electrical.

There was extensive damage to the

Community reaches out afterfire at Brown funeral home

DelayshamperlibraryplanningBy Jerry LaVauteSpecial Writer

At times, the public com-ments or non-agenda por-tion of a public meetingmay be the most interesting,informative and to-the-point part. A meeting lastmonth of the Belleville AreaDistrict Library Board wasone such example.

The formal agenda items

were mostly boilerplate, butthe public comments por-tion focused on the issue:what is the status of theplans for the new library?

Area resident and attor-ney Barbra Miller posedthat question from amongthe audience of abouta dozen people to boardmembers, all of whom werepresent July 10. Libraryofficials confessed they werefrustrated by the delays.

Library Board chairwom-an MJ Dawson said that shehad spoken with representa-tives of the Belleville CityCouncil in February, andasked them whether the citywould give to the library theland on which the currentlibrary and the adjacentpublic parking lot is located,to better enable the library

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Firefighters frommultiple agenciesresponded to a fireSunday at David C.Brown FuneralHome, 460 E. Huron

River Drive. Thebuilding sustainedextensive damage.

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