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January 2, 2015
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities at
the meeting/hearing upon a two week notice to the Charter Township of Canton. These services include signers for the hearing
impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary
aids or services should contact the Charter Township of Canton by writing or calling the following:
Gwyn Belcher, ADA Coordinator
Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road
Canton, MI 48188
(734) 394-5260
Published: January 2, 2015
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ANTON
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OMULUS
Canton Township will honor
the memory and legacy of a hero
of the equality movement with a
special tribute, “Canton
Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.,” beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 19 at The Village
Theater at Cherry Hill, located at
50400CherryHill Road, Canton.
A display of artworks and
essays by Plymouth Canton
Community Schools Arts
Academy students and a punch
and cookie reception will begin
at the Village Theater at 5:30
p.m., followed by the main pro-
gramat 6 p.m. This annual event
is presented by: Canton
Commission for Culture, Arts,
andHeritage; members of theDr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Sub-
Committee; and Canton
Township. Admission to this spe-
cial presentation is $2 at the door.
The keynote speaker this year
will be the Rev. Dr. William
Reese, Jr., Pastor of St. Paul
United Methodist Church of
Detroit, Psychotherapist--Henry
Ford Hospital Dearborn
Outpatient Behavioral Health
Clinic and Adjunct Professor
OaklandCommunityCollege.
The program will also feature
Plymouth Canton Educational
Park Step Teamandmusical per-
formances by the BeckRidge
Chorale.
This year, community youth
who are part of the Plymouth
Canton Community Schools Arts
Academy under the direction of
Amy Morgan, will share their
thoughts and ideas about Dr.
King through artworks and
essays, which will be on display
from Jan. 19 through Feb. 28 in
the theater gallery. Canton
Township officials John Anthony,
Terry Bennett, Phil LaJoy,
Melissa McLaughlin, Steven
Sneideman and Patrick Williams
personally donated the scholar-
ship and award money for win-
ners of the art and essay contests.
Winners this year are:
First place - Ashley Jablonski
“UnarmedTruth”
First place - Alia Alsharif
“Now is theTime”
Second place - Avery
Matthews “Dreams Become
Reality”
Second place - Ava Lovsin and
Alyson Grayshaw “We Are All the
SameColor”
Third place - Conner Bublitz
“MLK, Jr.”
Third place - Alec MacDonald
“dogmatism”
Frames for the 40 selected
works were donated by IKEA
Canton. The frames will be used
each year for this and other cul-
tural events. The reception is
sponsored annually by Darian
and Ralynda Moore of Keller
WilliamsRealty of Plymouth.
The Village Theater at Cherry
Hill is a regional center for the
arts. Formore information about
this special performance and the
latest exhibition in the
Gallery@VT, call (734) 394-5300
or visit www.cantonvillagethe-
ater. org.
The program will also feature Plymouth Canton
Educational Park Step Team and musical
performances by the BeckRidge Chorale.
”
Township to celebrate life of Martin Luther King
Circus comes to Canton Township
Lego car show set at library
Come one, come all to Canton's Village
Theater on Saturday, Jan. 24 when the
Detroit Circus comes to town. This high
energy performance is set to take place at
2 p.m. on the main stage, located at 50400
CherryHill Road.
In addition to the exciting performance
on stage, audience members can also pur-
chase popcorn, other concession items,
and carnival-themed images created by
on-site face painting artists.
The Detroit Circus has been dazzling
audiences for the past several years with
their acrobatic skills and gravity defying
acts. Watch as members of the aerial acro-
batics troupe tie themselves into ornate
poises utilizing silks hung from the rafters
and captive audience members with
grace, poise and incredible strength.
During this performance, skilled aeri-
alists will dance, weave and flow through
the air, while aerial hoop performers dis-
play lyrical flexibility and astonishing
strength as they contort and spin. Adagio
Acrobatic members will also amaze view-
ers with their challenging body balancing,
yoga, and flexible maneuvers requiring
two partners, who appear to push the lim-
its of physics. This is an animal-free cir-
cus.
These jaw-dropping performances are
sure to thrill fans of all ages. Tickets are
$18 and can be purchased online at
www.cantonvillagetheater.org or in person
at the Village Theater box office from 10
a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday throughFriday.
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill is a
regional center for the arts. For more
information about this special perform-
ance and the latest exhibition in the
Gallery@VT, call (734) 394-5300 or visit
www.cantonvillagetheater.org
There will be two auto shows in the
area this January, one in downtown
Detroit and the other at the Canton Public
Library.
The library will host the 2015 Dream
Vehicle Lego contest and accept entries of
cars built from the tiny plastic blocks. The
library is hoping to see flashy design, inno-
vation and some impressive engineering in
both the motorized and non-motorized
classifications for entries. Contestants can
enter in four age categories: kindergarten
through second grade; third through fifth
grade; sixth through eighth grade; and
ninth through 12th grade, plus a special
team division for families or groups of stu-
dents.
The entries will go on display for public
viewing at the library Jan. 10 and 11 and
visitors can vote on their favorites in all the
categories. The event will run at the same
time as the North American International
Auto Show in Detroit. Awards to the win-
ning entries will be presented during a
reception set for 4 p.m. Jan. 11.
Entries must be pre registered and
delivered to the library no later than 9 p.m.
Jan. 8. Complete rules and information are
available on the library website, www.can-
tonpl.org.
were challengeswith building in the town-
ship.
“Although we were working to over-
come the challenges the Ford Road site
presented, ultimately, we had to conclude
that the cost of doing so was making the
project less and less feasible,” Gerald
Doherty, development consultant at
Paragon, said in an email sent to township
officials. Traffic issues on Ford Road had
been a concern of both officials and resi-
dents since the announcement of the
planned project. Several residents had
expressed concern regarding the
increased traffic on Ford Road although
supporters of the development said it
would have been a good fit for the commu-
nity and improved the shopping district in
the township, creating jobs and pumping
money into the local economy.
Paragon officials confirmed that they
will join New England Development on
theRomulus project.
Burcroff told the city council members
that the developers would be on a very
tight timeline but that the city depart-
ments would work with them to expedite
the necessary paperwork andpermits.
“We have had joint meetings with sev-
eral of the city departments, the fire and
economic development departments.
They expect to have shovels in the ground
by February or March, it's a tight timeline
but we believe we can fast-track the
process. We are also working with the
state on some issues necessary to the
development,” themayor said.
“We are going to continue to do every-
thing we can to work with the outlet mall
developers,” he concluded.
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FROM PAGE 1
Making
it official
Judge David M.
Parrott takes his offi-
cial oath of office
administered by
Romulus City Clerk
Ellen Craig Bragg at
the regular meeting
of the city council last
week. Parrott wi l l
serve another 6-year
term at the 34th
District Court follow-
ing his recent elec-
tion. Parrott took the
opportunity to thank
the public for their
support and told the
officials and public
that he was grateful
for their confidence
and pledged to do
his best to administer
justice.