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Old Juvenile Home's Deplorable Condition Irritates Supervisors

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19
Month
December
Year
1969
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The Board of Supervisors' Property Committee, upset after seeing the condition of the old juvenile home, yesterday passed a resolution calling for unannounced inspections of the new Juvenile Center. The resolution sent to the Ml board for final approval would require the 12 active supervisors to take turns each month conducting unscheduled tours of the complex with William Day, the county's ent of grounds. The committee also indicated it would like the entire board to view the old home's condition before it is cleaned up. The object of the county officials' wrath yesterday was juvenile officials who apparently failed to clean up the old building after vacating it, and juveniles who in some cases had literally ripped parts of the building down. Supervisors found torn boxes spilling out discarded magazines and books piled in the hallways. Playing cards and other game materials were scattered throughout the recreation area. Stale cookies were on the floor in what once was the supervisor's living quarters. Officials were particularly concerned with actual damage found throughout the building. Besides the cluttered aftermath, from moving out of the old home, supervisors saw torn curtains and window screens, broken chairs, damaged doors and numerous holes poked in the ceilings. In one room they found where a juvenile apparently had dug through the six inch walls. The iron grating on several doors was torn, twisted and in some cases practically gone. After leaving the old juvenile building, the committee took a quick tour of the new center to see how two youths managed to escape two weeks ago. Authorities say the boys apparently slipped through a serving door into the kitchen and then pried and hammered open a back door. Estimated cost of repairing the door is $800. The committee also made a final agreement with Saline officials to pay the city $1,050 for use of its city council chambers for a district court the past six months. Both Saline councilmen and the committee also agreed to prepare a lease for using the same facilities next year with the city receiving $5 for each hour the court meets there. District Court Judge Patrick Conlin alternates meeting in Chelsea and Saline.

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