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The Romulus Public Library
and Barth Elementary School
each received an early
Christmas gift lastmonth.
Grants from the Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural
Affairs were announced earlier
last year and the 10 recipients,
inRomulus and Taylor, received
a total of $3,203 in funding.
Barth Elementary School in
Romulus and Robert J. West
Middle School in Taylor each
received a $500 bus grant to help
cover the transportation costs
affiliated with field trips cen-
tered on the arts or cultural
events.
“Students having the ability
to interact with their curriculum
outside of the classroom is an
enriching and crucial part of the
education process,” explained
StateRep. ErikaGeiss.
The Romulus Public Library
was awarded multiple grants
totaling $560 to support touring
arts, and the Taylor Community
Library received $443. Romulus
High School also received
$1,200 for arts equipment and
supplies.
“Resources for creative
expression help ensure differ-
ent voices and perspectives will
be shared and heard. I am
thrilled about the opportunities
this funding brings to our com-
munity,”Geiss said.
The mission of the Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural
Affairs is to provide access to
arts, cultural and educational
projects
and
programs
statewide, Geiss noted.
The $2,500 reward being
offered for information about the
broad-daylight killing of a 19-
year-old man in Inkster remains
unclaimed.
According to police reports,
19-year-old Kylen Guinn of
Detroit was gunned down while
talking with “an unknown man”
at around 1:10 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
9, in the 30100 block of Carlysle,
near Andover Street, south of
MichiganAvenue, in Inkster.
Crime Stoppers has reported
that Guinn had driven to the
locationwith a friend. The friend
stayed in the car while Guinn
stepped out and had a conversa-
tion with the man, now the
prime suspect in the shooting
death.
As the conversation contin-
ued, according to the witness,
the suspect pulled a gun and
began firing. Guinn tried to run
from the gunfire, but was shot
multiple times and died at the
scene. The witness told investi-
gators that he drove away from
the scene when the gunfire
erupted.
Guinn attended Bradford
Academy of Southfield where he
was enrolled in the performing
arts program.
“Kylenhad a promising future
in his view,” Crime Stoppers said
in a news release. “His natural
talent to act and sing led him to
the stage to play the role of
Motown's Steve Wonder and a
movie role as the younger ver-
sion of gospel recording artist
DeitrickHaddon.”
His goal was to pursue an
education in Computer
Information Systems at Focus
Hope inDetroit and in the enter-
tainment business. He worked at
Menard's in Livonia and was a
member of Kingdom Culture
Church in Detroit, according to
the prepared statement.
Michigan State Police said the
investigation into the shooting is
ongoing.
Anyone with information
regarding the incident is asked
to call to Crime Stoppers at 1-
800-SPEAK-UP. Tips may also be
submitted by texting CSM and
the tip to CRIMES (2746370).
There's no caller ID, calls are
never recorded and callers are
not asked for identification.
Rewards are also paid anony-
mously upon an arrest and con-
viction in a case.
There is now a new charita-
ble organization inRomulus.
Romulus City Council mem-
bers voted unanimously recently
to recognize the JORY
Children's Foundation as a bona
fide charitable organization. The
approval allows the foundation
to conduct raffles and raise
funds.
Romulus resident Robert
McLachlan said he decided to
form the charity about a year
ago and had finalized all the
paperwork tomake it a reality.
“This foundation has been on
the books for a while; it's been a
dream of mine,” said
McLachlan, a member of the
Romulus Community School
Board andGardenCityRotary.
The foundation is named for
his two children, and will be
focused on youth-related servic-
es, he said.
“I'm not looking to provide a
hand-out with this foundation.
It's a hand up,” he said. “If stu-
dents or a family decides that
they want to apply to the JORY
Foundation, they'll be asked for
what they're going to put in,
whether it be matching funds or
community service, so they can
donate some labor so they're get-
ting awork ethic out of it instead
of just writing someone a letter
and getting a check.”
McLachlan has organized
other charitable events in the
community, as well, including
the annual Mayor's Ball, which
is a fundraiser for the Romulus
&BellevilleBoys andGirls Club.
McLachlan said he's planning
some JORY Foundation
fundraisers soon, including a car
raffle through Atchinson Ford in
Belleville.
Anyone with information
regarding the incident
is asked to call to
Crime Stoppers
at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
”
I'm not looking to
provide a hand-out
with this foundation.
It's a hand up
”
Romulus schools welcome state grants
Reward offered in slaying on Carlysle Street
Council recognizes new children’s city charity
