No. 32
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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August 6 – 12, 2015
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The Friends program,
People Helping People, in
Wayne is looking for mone-
tary donations, the main
source of funding for the pro-
gram.
See page 4.
Plymouth Community
United Way is holding a
Back-to-School Supplies
Drive until Friday, Aug. 14.
New socks and underwear
are needed aswell.
See page 3.
Invasive Species, the lat-
est offering at Tipping Point
Theater in Northville, will
continue making audiences
laugh throughAug. 23.
See page 5.
Van Buren Township vot-
ers will see a request for a 7-
year, 6.5mill public safety tax
on their Nov. 3 ballot, a 2.5
mill increase from the cur-
rent rate.
See page 5.
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The Romulus Recreation
Department is hosting four
free youth days from 2-4 p.m.
every Tuesday during the
monthof August.
See page 3.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
A 46-year-old Westland
woman will return to 18th
District Court Aug. 13 on
charges of assaulting a man
attempting to repossess her
car.
See page 4.
The latest performances
at the Village Theater in
Canton Township have
earned a resounding "Bravo"
from respected stage and
screen actorHarryLennix.
See page 5.
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Inkster residents may find
a police officer at their front
door next Wednesday urging
them to keep their porch
lights on all night in an effort
to deter crime.
See page 4.
Bullying on the internet in
Canton Township could result
in 93 days in jail and a $500 fine
following a vote of the township
boardmembers last week.
The officials agreed to
extend the existing ordinances
prohibiting harassment by tele-
phone or in writing to those
actions, including bullying,
done through the internet. The
new rules will take effect Aug.
20 following a second vote by
the boardmembers.
The new restriction was in
response to a report from
Public Safety Director Todd
Mutchler who noted that prose-
cutors have had some difficulty
to prove cases in court involving
internet bullying or cyberstalk-
ing. The new ordinance would
be used in all cases of such
offenses, regardless of age.
“It's really a remedy for peo-
ple who are being harassed
through social media and use of
the Internet,” Mutchler said of
the new ordinance at the meet-
ing.
According to Township
Supervisor Phil LaJoy, the new
rules will be an important
change.
“Harassment via the
Internet or a social media site
is, unfortunately, becoming a
regular occurrence,” he com-
mented.
Mutchler said the Canton
Police Department has officers
trained and able to assist vic-
tims of internet bullying or
stalking through social media
or other internet sources and
the capability to secure forensic
evidence to prove these elec-
tronic crimes took place. He
urged anyone who felt victim-
ized to contact the police.
Harassment via the Internet
or a social media site is, unfortunately,
becoming a regular occurrence.
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Canton officials outlaw internet bullying
Big Top
Kelly Miller Circus
in Wayne Saturday
The past meets the future in
the newly-opened Jefferson
Barns Community Vitality
Center in Westland where some
of the most modern and up-to-
date resident services are
housed in ahistoric building.
Westland officials opened the
Vitality Center in what was for-
merly an elementary school that
was closed in 2010. The school
building was constructed during
WorldWar II to educate the chil-
dren of parents working as part
of the Arsenal for Democracy
war effort. The city rented the
historic building from the
Wayne-Westland Community
Schools for $1 per year and
began major renovations at the
site. Funds for the project were
loaned to the city by the federal
Department of Housing and
Urban Development. The city
will repay the 15-year loan using
Community Development Block
Grant funds, according to a
spokesman.
The exterior of the building
remains similar to the original
design while the interior saw
major renovations, including the
installation of a wooden floor
that was originally a feature of
the long-shuttered Melvin G.
BaileyRecreationCenter.
New tenants at the building
include the Westland Housing
and Community Development
Department,
Wayne
Metropolitan Community Action
Agency, Nankin Transit and the
Norwayne Boxing Gym. The
center also features a library
and community space.
Community rooms are avail-
able for rentals for public and
private events. The Westland
Police Department will have an
office at the center for commu-
nity police officers and events.
Safe Step / Beginning Step
Communities will lease space at
the Dorsey Center where
Alcoholics Anonymous and
Narcotics Anonymous continue
tomeet.
“I was born in Norwayne,”
commented Mayor William R.
Wild. “I'mthrilled to see this for-
Police identify body found in Romulus ditch
Investigators from the
Michigan State Police have
identified a body found in a
Romulus ditch lastWednesday.
According to police reports,
at about 3 p.m. July 29, amowing
crew fromDTE energy located a
human body in the ditch on the
ramp from eastbound I-94 to
southbound I-275 in Romulus.
Police identified the deceased
as Emanuel David Lofton, 50, of
Romulus.
Special
Investigations
Section detectives from the
Michigan State Police were
called to the scene along with
technicians from the Michigan
State Police Forensic Lab.
Police said that the advanced
decomposition of the body did
not allow for any immediate
identification other than evi-
dence that it was aman.
The body was transported to
theWayneCountyMorgue for an
autopsy which determined the
cause of death as suffocation,
authorities said. Police said they
had no further information
available but did say foul play
was suspected in the death.
Anyone with information
about this incident is asked to
contact the Michigan State
Police tip line at (855)MICH-TIP.
Tigers, zebras, camels and
an elephant will join a cast of
international circus stars this
Saturday inWayne.
The Kelly Miller Circus
will arrive at Atwood Park in
Wayne early in the morning
Saturday, Aug. 8. The public
is invited to come out and
watch the circus animals
being unloaded and fed
beginning at about 7:30 a.m.
and a free show, including a
tiger meet and greet will
begin at about 9 a.m. at the
Anderson Ballfields II at the
park. The traditional "old
style" circus will present per-
formances at 2 and 5 p.m. and
features many new acts and
entertainers. Performances
last about 2 hours.
Started in 1938 by Obert
Miller and his sons, Kelly and
Dory, the Al G. Kelly Miller
Brothers Circus, now known
simply as Kelly Miller, has
entertained millions of
American and Canadian citi-
zens during the past 77 years.
The Miller Family built it
into the second-largest big
top show in America. They
introduced hundreds of new
circus artists to the American
public and countless innova-
tions in circus operations.
The circus travels on a
fleet of 36 vehicles and
requires an area of 350 by 350
feet on which to set up. The
colorful circus big top has a
seating capacity of 1100 and
is made of waterproof vinyl.
The tent is 120 by120 feet and
is 40 feet high and is support-
ed by more than a quarter of
a mile of heavy gauge alu-
minum tubing as well as sev-
eral miles of rope, steel cable
and chain.
Elevenmembers of the cir-
cus are employed strictly for
the care, comfort and welfare
of the animals and are dedi-
cated to their care and well-
being, according to the circus
website. The animals receive
a veterinary examination
every 30 days to ensure their
health
According to the website,
the Kelly Miller Circus
exceeds all federal animal
welfare standards set by the
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) under
the Animal Welfare Act. The
circus is regulated by and
inspected frequently by the
USDA, state and local author-
ities.
Advance tickets are priced
at $12 for adults, $6 for chil-
dren ages 2-11, and free for
childrenunder 2.
Tickets are available at the
Wayne Community Center,
Westland
City
Hall,
Professional Insurance
Associates, Jack Demmer
Ford, Mark Chevrolet, Wayne
Westland Federal Credit
Union and at the Wayne
PublicLibrary.
Atwood Park is located at
33601Annapolis St. inWayne.
See
Center,
page 4
The Westland Police Department
will have an office at the center
for community police officers and events.
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Vitality Center opens in historic NorWayne
