![]() They met when Hansen was principal at Dexter High School and Fink and his wife Jane’s six children were wending their way through the local schools. Both Ypsi-native Fink and Saginaw-born Hansen have been in Dexter since 1974. After he left the legislature, he continued in public service as a kind of interim everything–doing short stints as school superintendent in Willow Run, Brighton, and Adrian township manager of Scio city manager in Chelsea and Ypsilanti regional director of the March of Dimes and president of the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce. He has been practicing law for fifty years and still works at Ann Arbor-based Fink & Fink with various family members or, as Hansen calls it, “Fink to the fifth power.” Hansen started in the Dexter Community Schools, eventually becoming DCS supervisor and later winning election to the state house. Fink served as a judge for eighteen years and as a Webster Township trustee for a decade. First, they’ve got to greet just about everyone in the bustling room–all of whom they seem to know by name.īoth Fink and Hansen are local institutions. But it takes them a moment to get to the table. The group is moderated by Karl Fink and John Hansen.Karl Fink and John Hansen arrive right on time for a Thursday morning interview at Dexter’s Joe and Rosie coffee shop. The group meets on the first and third Saturdays of the month.īack issues of the Forum notes are available on our web site Just let John or Karl know if you would like to be added to our e-mail list which will get you meeting reminders and your own personal copy of the meeting notes. The purpose of the Forum is to create an opportunity for interested women and men to gather to discuss important issues facing our community. ![]() The Dexter Forum is supported by the Dexter Wellness Coalition as part of the 5 Healthy Towns initiative to “help connect with others in healthy ways”. The next meeting of the Dexter Forum will be on Saturday, Maat 8:30 AM at the Dexter Wellness Center. Folks are encouraged to place infomercial flyers on the table out side of our meeting room so people can take the exact information home with them. ![]() The old timers remember when there was a big problem with iron in the water turning it and your sheets brown but that was solved years ago.Īs usual we heard about a number of upcoming events in our busy little town. The water is treated but some still find it necessary to install softeners. (Perhaps wine would be a better alternative but that didn’t come up.) All Dexter city water comes from wells – none from the river. Some found an off taste at a local restaurant. We continue to wonder about the future of the old Country Market site but even rumors are hard to come by.Īnd then we talked about our drinking water. Progress seems slow on the condo project on Jeffords (as opposed to on Grand street where they seem unfazed by the weather) but delays are systemic and the project will be moving ahead as time goes on. ![]() Each body is accountable to its voters but the elected people present indicated that they were all good listeners. The question arose as to does one body care about the other and can a voice from one body influence the other. School Board President Michael Wendorf reported that everyone is on the same page regarding pedestrian safety and that needed improvements are mostly subject to time and budgets.Īs the Dexter area develops some of the decisions are made by the city government and some are made by township bodies.
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