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               THE BELLEVILLE
          ENTERPRISE
          ENTERPRISE                   Day of remembrance
               Vol. 135, No. 21
            Members of the Sumpter     American Legion offers special tribute for quiet Memorial Day celebration
          Township Board of Trustees
          approved additional per         While Memorial Day cele-       The City of Plymouth and the Plymouth Lions Club        erans like Lt. Sharon Lane.
          hour "duty pay" to essential  brations, set for May 25 this year,    will sponsor vehicles carrying veterans             According to her biographer,
          employees currently work-    have  been canceled or limited                                                            Philip Bigler, Lt. Lane threw
          ing during the pandemic.     throughout the region, The                  driving through neighborhoods                 herself into her work as a nurse.
                          See page 2.  American Legion issued an offi-              beginning at 10 a.m. May 25.                 While serving in Colorado, she
                                       cial statement honoring those             Residents can wave from porches                 requested a transfer to Vietnam.
                                       who have served and given                                                                   “There, at least, you are busy
                                       their lives while in the United     to show support for servicemen and veterans.          12 hours a day, six or seven days
                  THE CANTON           States Armed Services.                                                                    a week,” she said in a 1968 letter
             EAGLE                     year, to respect and acknowl-  elite and ordinary. They are  Reserve corpsman was only 20  to her parents.
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                                          As we pause, privately this
                                                                     elite in the sense of character.
                                                                                                   years old when he landed on
                                                                                                                                   Her dedication was obvious,
               Vol. 73, No. 21         edge their service next Monday,  Giving your life so others could  Iwo Jima 75 years ago.  even as she treated enemy Viet
            Canton       Township      these acts of heroism symbolize  live is the ultimate definition of  On March 3, 1945, James  Cong soldiers who would return
          Trustees have opted to not to  the true meaning of service by  selfless.                 Naughton, a Marine in Williams'  the favor by kicking, cursing and
          fill the vacant public safety  so many:                       They are ordinary in the fact  unit, was wounded by a    spitting at their American cap-
          director position and contin-   Every crisis has new heroes.  that they represent the diverse  grenade.  While under intense  tors.
          ue with the present manage-  During the 9/11 attacks, they  fabric of our country. They are  enemy fire, Williams dragged  In the early morning of June
          ment structure.              were the first responders run-  rich and poor, black and white,  Naughton to a shallow depres-  8, 1969, Lt. Lane's tour of duty
                          See page 5.  ning into burning and crum-   male and female. They come    sion and treated his wounds.  ended. A Soviet-built rocket
                                       bling buildings as others ran  from every ethnicity and back-  Williams used his own body as a  struck the hospital and she was
                                       out.  Now, during the         ground. In short, they looked  screen and was shot four times.  killed in action at age 25.
                                       Coronavirus pandemic, the     like anyone of us. As we cele-  Yet he continued.             If she were still here, her
                THE INKSTER            most visible heroes are the   brate the selfless and untiring  After he treated Naughton,  skills as a nurse might still be
          LEDGER STAR
          LEDGER STAR                  health care professionals, who  performances of the healthcare  Williams dressed his own  benefiting us during the current
               Vol. 73, No. 21         are saving others and risking  workers during the COVID-19  wounds.  He then proceeded to  crisis. But not all of the heroes
                                       their own lives while doing so.  pandemic, it brings to mind the  treat another Marine, despite  working during the COVID-19
            Officers from the Inkster     These heroes have much in  military medics, doctors and  his own immense pain. While   pandemic are in the healthcare
          Police Department helped     common with the people that   nurses who sacrificed their lives  heading to the rear, he was hit  industry. Grocers, first respon-
          distribute 120 food boxes to  we honor on Memorial Day -   while treating others on the bat-  by a sniper's bullet and killed.  ders, delivery workers and
          several of the senior living  America's fallen veterans. They  tlefield.                 For his actions, Petty Officer  drive-through  restaurant
          complexes in the City of     are men and women who have       One   such    hero   was   Williams was awarded the      employees are just a few of the
          Inkster earlier this month.  sacrificed their own lives so oth-  Pharmacist Mate Third Class  Medal of Honor.
                          See page 3.  ers could live. They are both  Jack Williams. The Navy        We also remember Army vet-           See Holiday, page 6



                  THE NORTHVILLE         Northville hosts first responder virus testing
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               Vol. 20, No. 21              Four hundred first respon-  were employees of the Wayne
            Owners of the CNC            ders, police officers and fire-  State University Physician
          machine shop in Plymouth       fighters   of   Northville   Group.
          received approval from the     Township and 16 surrounding     “Antibody testing for peo-
          planning commission for a      area communities participat-  ple who've recovered from
          new office building on Five    ed in an all-day testing initia-  COVID-19 is important, and
          Mile Road.                     tive last Thursday at Ward   according to experts, individ-
                          See page 6.    Memorial      Presbyterian   uals may be eligible to donate
                                         Church under the direction of  plasma that could be used to
                                         human services non-profit    treat others with severe dis-
                  THE PLYMOUTH           ACCESS (Arab Community       ease and boost the ability to
             EAGLE                       Center for Economic and      fight the virus. Testing is
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                                         Social Services) of Dearborn.
                                                                      another method to identify
               Vol. 20, No. 21              Northville Township offi-  first responders who were
                                         cials and board of trustees  infected but were asympto-
            Members       of    the      members sponsored the        matic,” said Northville
          PlymouthDowntown               serology testing at the church  Township Police Chief Paul
          Development Authority          facility to identify first   Tennies, who controlled the
          Board have contracted with     responders who had COVID-    event. As a precaution, once
          Wade Trim to develop a mas-    19 and now have developed    test results are presented a
          ter plan for Kellogg Park.     antibodies against the dis-  rapid test is conducted if
                          See page 5.    ease. This test differs from  someone tests positive, he
                                  .      the test to diagnose the virus.   added.
                                             Ford Motor Co., Wayne       “This was a very signifi-
                   THE ROMULUS           State University and the     cant testing event for the first
             ROMAN                       Wayne State University       responders and the 16 partici-  First responders were tested for COVID-19 last Thursday at an
             ROMAN
               Vol. 135, No. 21          Physician     Group    and   pating communities to help   event hosted by the Northville Township Public Safety
                                         ACCESS established the part-  us determine how to respond  Department at Ward Church. More than 400 first responders
            Members of the Romulus       nership to improve access to  to  COVID-19,”     added    from throughout the area were tested under the direction of
          City Council approved the      testing for the states first  Township Supervisor Robert  ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social
          2020-2021 budget as present-   responders, health care work-  Nix.                       Services), a non-profit organization.
          ed by Mayor Leroy Burcroff     ers and corrections officers.   In addition to the partici-  ute critical medial equipment  produced millions of face
          by a 5-2 vote at the May 11        Health care professionals  pation in the mobile testing  in the past two months,   shields at the Plymouth
          meeting.                       who conducted blood tests at  initiative, Ford Motor Co.  including face masks and ven-  Township TDM Sheldon
                          See page 3.    the Northville testing site  helped produce and distrib-  tilators. A Ford supplier has  Road facility.


                  THE WAYNE            Canton 2020 census response reaches 75.4 percent
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                                          The rate of response to the
               Vol. 73, No. 21         2020 census in Canton                                    ”                                apparently since we are a town-
                                                                                                                                 ship the data is harder to get -
            The Veterans Memorial      Township has reached 75.4 per-                    Please continue to                      they have promised to call me
          project in Wayne had nearly  cent, according to Amy                                                                    back once their IT department
          reached the goal of $20,000  Hughesdon, the township oper-                 spread the word and post                    fixes the issue for townships.
          last week, although final    ations coordinator.                          about it, every little bit helps.            Please continue to spread the
          totals were unavailable.        Hughesdon said that the self-                                                          word and post about it, every lit-
                          See page 4.  response level in 2010 was 77.8                                                           tle bit helps. We at least need
                                       percent, although the total   she was unsure of the exact   timeline on the page will be  another 2.4 percent,” she con-
                                       response rate in Canton in 2010  specifications of the effort this  adjusted to provide the new  tinued.
                  THE WESTLAND         was 90 percent. Hughesdon     year.                         information we received about   Hughesdon expressed her
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               Vol. 73, No. 21         the field work done by census  self-response period through  field visits,” Hughesdon said in  she has spoken personally dur-
                                                                                                   a prepared statement.
                                                                     June so if anyone asks, they can
                                                                                                                                 ing the past three weeks in
                                       workers following the self-
            Westland officials have    response effort.              still respond to the census     “I am now working with the  attempts to “use creative ways
          cancelled  several upcoming     She said she is hoping that  online, by mail, or by phone.  Census Bureau to get an idea of  to spread the word.”
          city-organized and spon-     the township will exceed that 90  You can refer to Canton's  what areas of the community    “The work you did as a result
          sored events due to the coro-  percent compliance this year.  Census page to answer ques-  have low response rates. They  of  those  conversations
          navirus restrictions.        Field work is expected to begin  tions -https://www.canton-  have a mapping tool that is sup-  increased our response by 7.5
                          See page 4.  in October, she said, although  mi.org/1276/US-Census. The  posed to be easy to use, but  percent,” she said.

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