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ENTERPRISE Voters approve school millage requests
THE BELLEVILLE
ENTERPRISE

Vol. 135, No. 11
About 25 percent of the Plymouth-Canton schools Northville school district
7,527 registered voters in
Sumpter Township cast bal- Voters in the Plymouth- District officials said the fund- Voters in the Northville throughout the district.
lots in the Primary Election Canton Community Schools ing will be used to construct a Public Schools District over- By state law, the bond
March 10 according to District approved the $275 mil- third outdoor athletic stadium at whelmingly approved the money cannot be used for
reports prepared by the lion bond proposal on the March the Plymouth-Canton Education- replacement of the current salaries or wages, general
township clerk's office. 10 ballot by 26,017 yes to 11,997 al park and a total renovation of sinking fund millage on prop- operating expense and main-
See page 3. no votes. the performing arts center at erty tax by extending the tenance or classroom supplies
According to school officials, Salem High School. The bond 0.9519 rate through 2025. and textbooks.
the bond funding will be used for will also fund new gymnasiums The millage was approved The current levy would
facility and site improvements at at several elementary schools by Northville precinct one vot- have expired on Dec. 31, 2020.
THE CANTON several buildings, to enhance and a new swimming pool at ers 829 to 393 no votes and in The .9519-mill five-year
EAGLE safety and security features Plymouth High School. precinct two, there were 869 request approved by voters last
EAGLE
Vol. 73, No. 11 throughout the district, to pur- By state law, the bond money yes vote to 382 no votes on the week is a replacement of the
chase furniture and playground cannot be used for salaries or school extension question. existing Sinking Fund millage
The Canton Fire upgrades, purchase school buses wages, general operating According to school district and will not result in an
Department has received the and address infrastructure and expense and maintenance or officials, approval of the pro- increase over the current mill-
prestigious full accreditation technology needs at most school classroom supplies and text- posal will not increase the cur- age rate.
from the Commission on buildings. books. rent tax paid by property own- Priority projects for the
Fire Accreditation Officials stressed that the The funding can only be used ers in the Northville Public next five-year period fall into
International. approval of the $275 million for construction and remodeling Schools district. the categories of Instructional
See page 3. bond issue will mean no increase of facilities, the purchase of The tax will generate about Technology and Security,
in the current tax rate paid by instructional technology equip- $3 million annually which is Energy and Operational
property owners. Currently, the ment, other equipment and fur- earmarked for building and Efficiency, and Health and
THE INKSTER school debt levy in the district is niture, site improvements and site repairs and safety and Safety, according to the school
LEDGER STAR
LEDGER STAR 4.02 mills. bus purchases. security upgrades in buildings district website.

Vol. 73, No. 11
Voters in the Westwood
Community School District
which includes a portion of
the City of Inkster approved
a 3-mill Sinking Fund
Millage last week.
See page 2.

THE NORTHVILLE
EAGLE
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Vol. 20, No. 11
The Northville Public
School District received top
marks from Background
checks.org, a rating system
that determined the top 100
schools in the state.
See page 4.

THE PLYMOUTH
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Vol. 20, No. 11
Members of the Plymouth
City Commission authorized
the agreement for funding of
the new fountain in Kellogg Deacon Lawrence J. Bailey considers his kidney transplant a blessing as he does his family, wife, Imagene, now in long-term care
Park at their March 2 meet- and children, Patrick and Jessica, in the family portrait.
ing.
Gift of Life
See page 4.

THE ROMULUS
ROMAN
ROMAN Kidney recipient becomes organ donor advocate
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Deacon Lawrence J. Bailey “I didn't really find my pur- an who retired after 31 years care provider who told him his
The man who engaged in considers his donated kidney a pose in life until after my with the Marathon Oil Co. He's kidneys would fail within five
a shoot-out with Romulus blessing, one that helped him transplant. After my trans- served in his church, the years.
Police and took a 7-year-old find his purpose in life. plant, I was thrust into an Greater Seth Church of God in “He was pretty accurate,”
boy hostage for several hours Bailey, 65, a Canton arena to educate people,” he Christ in Farmington Hills, as a Bailey said. “I stretched it out a
is now facing more than 20 Township resident, received a said. “I realized, really, what I deacon trainer, usher trainer bit - I started to exercise and
criminal charges. donated kidney in 2013 and was created for. The reason I and church administrator. He changed what I ate - but it was
See page 2. has since dedicated himself to know that is because of the joy became concerned with his too little, too late.”
spreading his ‘blessing’ by edu- I get out of doing what I do kidneys more than a decade Seven years later, he started
cating the African American now. I get joy in explaining to ago, when he began feeling dialysis and was placed on the
THE WAYNE community about the need for people why it's important to be very fatigued and lost his waiting list for a new kidney.
EAGLE
EAGLE organ donors and dispelling an organ donor. That's why I appetite - and a lot of weight. He was on the list for about

Vol. 73, No. 11 the most common misconcep- give it my all.” He knew diabetes ran in his See Gift, page 6
tions about donation.
family, so he went to his health
Bailey is an Air Force veter-
Voters in the City of
Wayne approved all three
amendments to the city char- Recycling program to return to City of Westland
ter on the March 10 ballot.
See page 5. Westland voters approved a disposal, yard waste collection, and drop off center programs. I stretch to cover that increased
Sanitation Millage Ballot composting and trash/pickup pledge to work with the city expense although he knew this
Proposal on the ballot March 10 disposal. council to reinstitute our award was a service residents wanted
THE WESTLAND by a large margin 11,738 yes to “I want to thank the residents winning curbside recycling pro- to continue.
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EAGLE 6,773 no votes of Westland for understanding gram in a timely fashion and Wild said that summer tax
The millage, a proposed 1
Vol. 73, No. 11 mill to be levied on all taxable the importance of, and over- continue our Mission Green bills printed in June, mailed out
goals of creating a sustainable
in July, would include the sani-
whelmingly supporting the
Members of the Westland property in the city for a 10-year Sanitation Millage,” noted community for future genera- tation millage. He said he esti-
City Council approved multi- period will be used to fund recy- Mayor William R. Wild on the tions.” mated the average increase per
ple appointments to boards cling and garbage services in city Facebook page. “The pass- Wild said the city discontin- household would be about $50.
and commissions during the city. The millage, expected ing of this millage ensures the ued the recycling program last The term of the millage propos-
their regular meeting March to general approximately $1.75 continued delivery of Westland's year after the cost per ton al is 10 years, beginning this
2. million the first year, will be trash pickup, composting and increased from $18 to $80 and year and continuing through
See page 5. used for recycling, bulk pickup the popular bulk item pickup that the city budget could not 2029.

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