No. 25
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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June 23 – 29, 2016
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The newly-appointed sur-
gical suites at Beaumont
Hospital, Wayne were offi-
cially dedicated and are now
open to local patients seek-
ing personalized, medical
weight loss solutions.
See page 5.
Marco Marando has been
named
principal
of
Northville Public Schools
Amerman
Elementary
School by a unanimous vote
of Northville Board of
Educationmembers.
See page 7.
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Students, alumni and
RomulusHighSchool faculty
member Linda Denham
were honored recently at the
University of Michigan Ross
School of Business.
See page 4.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Therewill be no changes
to the taxmillage rate in the
City ofWestland asmembers
of the city council accepted a
$64millionbudget last week.
See page 5.
The Canton Public
Library will host renowned
deep diver, author, lecturer
and photographer David
Trotter from7-8 p.m. June 28.
See page 6.
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Inkster, Westland and
Romulus are among the sites
for the 32nd annual Wayne
County Summer Food
Service Program for chil-
dren and teens through age
18.
See page 2.
Plymouth
Township
Supervisor Shannon Price
disputed comments from
attorneys for Wayne County
and claims that negotiations
between the two are ongoing.
See page 3.
Members of the Van
Buren Public Schools Board
of Education have suspend-
ed without pay four Savage
Elementary School teachers
who filed a lawsuit against
the district.
See page 7.
A three-panel appeals court
has reversed the decision of a
Wayne County Circuit Court
judge and removed the names of
two Plymouth Township candi-
dates fromthe ballot.
The names of Kurt Heise, a
candidate for township supervi-
sor, and Don Schnettler, a candi-
date for trustee, will not appear
on the Aug. 2 primary election
ballot in the township following
the decision of the court panel
last week. The decision came fol-
lowing a court appeal by attor-
neys for Carl Berry, a local politi-
cal activist and avowed supporter
of incumbent Supervisor
Shannon Price. Berry filed the
original lawsuit last month seek-
ing to have the two names
removed. InBerry's 50-page court
filings, his attorneys alleged that
Schnettler and Heise did not
accurately complete the affi-
davits of identity when filing
their election paperwork with
Township
Clerk
Nancy
Conzelman. The two erred,
according to the court filings, by
not filling in the township voting
precinct number in which they
reside.
Heise said last week that he
will mount a vigorous write-in
campaign to keep his attempts to
unseat Price viable. He has
already posted an informational
item on his website showing vot-
ers how to write his name in on
theAug. 2 ballot.
“What I'm hearing loud and
clear is that Plymouth Township
will not have this election stolen
by outsider lawyers, political con-
sultants and dark money PACs,”
Heise said onhiswebsite entry.
Berry's 50-page lawsuit to dis-
qualify Heise and Schnettler was
funded by theFaith andFreedom
coalition and Berry said that he
had no idea of the cost of the suit
filed by attorney Robert Huth Jr.
of Kirk, Huth, Land and
What I'm hearing loud and clear
is that Plymouth Township
will not have this election stolen...
”
Ousted candidates seek write-in votes
See
Ballot,
page 8
Garden walks
Plymouth, Northville
gardens to be on tours
Romulus to build new $14 million courthouse
The 20th Annual Flowers are Forever
garden walk in Plymouth will take place,
rain or shine, from noon until 8 p.m.
Tuesday, June 28.
Next month, gardens inNorthville will
be featured during the Country Garden
Club of Northville 23rd Annual Garden
Walk from9 a.m. until 4 p.m. July 13.
The gardens this year feature a variety
of themes as well as many ideas that can
be easily adapted, according to a
spokesperson. Complementary refresh-
ments and a perennial sale will be fea-
tured at one of the Plymouth gardens and
Master Gardeners will also be available
to answer gardening questions.
Tickets are priced at $8 pre-sale and
$10 on the day of the walk. Tickets for
children 12 and under are half-price and
there is no charge for babes in arms.
Strollers are not permitted.
Tickets are available from Garden
Club members, Saxton's Power
Equipment Center on Ann Arbor Road at
Ann Arbor Trail, Specialty Pet Supplies
on Ann Arbor Road, and Sideways on
Forest Avenue. The ticket includes
descriptions of the gardens as well as a
map to the gardens.
The Northville walk will include six
diverse gardens in and around the city
and township of Northville. Tickets are
$12 and can be purchased at
Gardenviews, 117 E. Main St., Northville,
(248) 380-8881. They can also be pur-
chased the day of the event at Historic
Mill Race Village, 215 Griswold St., one
block northof downtownNorthville.
Ticket holders are invited to stroll the
historic 19th century village, listen to live
Why spend more than $11 million to
renovate an old court building when you
canbuild a newone for $14million?
That's what officials from the 34th
District Court in Romulus and the city
council discussed in a study session last
week.
Council members had previously
approved the sale of $11 million in bonds
to renovate the court that would have
added another 15,000 square feet to the
structure, including a new courtroom, new
hallway and security enhancements, but
the bids for that work were costlier than
expected.
“Themore we dove into this and looked
at the numbers and crunched them, it did-
n't make sense,” said Romulus Mayor
Leroy Burcroff. “The one thing I heard
loud and clear from the court was that
they're in dire need of the ability to not just
have a court that just functions now, but at
the end of those bonds they'll still have a
functioning, practical court. It was good
that we took a step back, hit the reset but-
ton and came back with a better plan. I
feel better about it, because now we're
investing in a whole separate building. My
intention is to build a court that will be
more than adequate, that they'll be
pleased with and will allow them to func-
tion for 25 years out, here on this campus.”
The 34th District Court serves five com-
munities, including the cities of Belleville
and Romulus along with Huron, Van
Buren, and Sumpter townships and could,
theoretically, be constructed in any one of
them. The site for the new courthouse will
be on the Romulus municipal campus,
directly behind the old building. That will
Police raids in Inkster and
Westland last week resulted in
the arrest of five people, seizure
of 25 dogs and dealer amounts
of cocaine, heroin and marijua-
na, according to reports from
theMichiganStatePolice.
Police reported that officers
armed with search warrants
went to homes 1400 block of
Jeffrey Lane in Inkster and the
3200 block of Otsego in
Westland last Thursday, June
16, where officers also confis-
cated a dog treadmill, apparent-
ly used to train the fighting
dogs. Police also found and
seized more than $25,000 and
other dog-fighting equipment
while serving the two search
warrants. The raids, police said,
were in response to reports of a
dog-fighting operation and drug
trafficking in the area and both
homes are suspected to be con-
nected to those criminal opera-
tions.
The animals, of several dif-
ferent breeds, were placed in
the care of the Michigan
Humane Society. According to
Michigan State Police, the dogs
did not show signs of injury or
mistreatment.
No further information was
released by police at press time
as the investigation is continu-
ing. Lt. Mike Shaw said that
charges could be filed next
week.
See
Gardens,
page 7
See
Court,
page 4
Drugs, dogs, cash seized in Inkster, Westland raids
