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THE BELLEVILLE Futuristic driverless route set for Michigan Avenue
ENTERPRISE
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It will take several years to
Vol. 135, No. 34 complete, but if all goes as
The Sumpter Township planned, there will be driver-
man suspected in the shoot- less vehicles traveling in a dedi-
ing deaths of four people last cated lane down Michigan
Saturday turned himself into Avenue connecting Ann Arbor
police Sunday night. to downtown Detroit.
. The proposed route will trav-
See page 4. el through Canton Township,
the City of Wayne and Inkster,
with proposed stops along the
THE CANTON route at the University of
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Vol. 73, No. 34 Metro Airport in Romulus.
Developers said that plans
Lieutenant James would allow passengers to sum-
Harrison has retired from mon connected or autonomous
the Canton Township Police vehicles and know their pickup
Department after a 29-year and arrival time on the route.
career with the law enforce- Speakers said the project has
ment agency. the potential to make transit
See page 3. more accessible and equitable. A Cavnue concept rendering of the new Michigan Connected Corridor vehicles.
The plan was announced last
week during a joint press con- would be publicly accessible
THE INKSTER ference with Gov. Gretchen and could feature both public
LEDGER STAR Whitmer; Bill Ford, executive transit and shared mobility
LEDGER STAR
Vol. 73, No. 34 chairman of Ford Motor Co.; options. It will be called the
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and “Michigan Connected Corridor,”
Earlier this month, mem- Jonathan Winer, co-CEO of officials confirmed, sharpening
bers of the Inkster Police Sidewalk Infrastructure a vision Ford shared when it
Department joined for the Partners, the lead developer of acquired the historic train sta-
annual memorial service to the project. tion two years ago.
honor the four department While driverless vehicles Officials, including Whitmer
officers killed in the line of traveling current roadways are and U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell,
duty. a futuristic concept, officials D-Dearborn, were enthusiastic
See page 4. said, the cars can currently trav- about the project and said it
el on digitally-mapped roads was “the next chapter in
THE NORTHVILLE with connected infrastructure. Michigan's long history of lead- Passengers could summon the new driverless vehicles in the corri-
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digitally connected route is
industry.”
Vol. 20, No. 34 expected to take two years “Detroit's a brand, It means about the Michigan Avenue General Motors Co.
There are 18 new quali- before any construction on the mobility. When Detroit does route and said, “That road The project is being led by
fied firefighters available for dedicated roadway begins. The well, we all do well,” Dingell belongs on Michigan Avenue.” Cavnue, a subsidiary of
work following their gradua- developer said the company said. “Just because we have Duggan pointed to recent Sidewalk Infrastructure
tion from the Northville City plans to build a mile of pilot (COVID-19), China is not stop- investments in Detroit in elec- Partners, an affiliate of Google
Fire Department Firefighter roadway at the American ping. India is not stopping. tric and autonomous vehicle parent Alphabet Inc. SIP
Training Academy. Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti Western Europe is not stopping. development by Google self- “builds, owns, operates and
See page 5. sometime during the next year. And today we're telling you, driving affiliate Waymo LLC, by invests in both advanced infra-
The roadway, called the we're not stopping.” Ford, by Fiat Chrysler
Michigan Connected Corridor, Duggan, too, was enthusiastic Automobiles NV and by See Corridor, page 2
THE PLYMOUTH
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Vol. 20, No. 34 Skydive to save lives
The City of Plymouth has
some new residents and Rotary Club members take a 14,000-foot leap of faith to eradicate polio
neighbors are warmly wel-
coming them to the commu- They took a leap of faith from the aircraft. To date, the Mackenzie Rediske of the and call attention to the effort,
nity. last Saturday when several Skydive for Police effort has Wayne Rotary Club made the was on hand in his unmistak-
See page 3. members of both the generated more than $123,036 leap as did Chuck Bares and able Captain Rotary outfit
Plymouth Noon and Wayne to the Rotary effort to immu- Jan Eisen, both of the which he wears for all the
Rotary clubs jumped out of a nize children and eradicate Plymouth Noon Rotary Club. jumps in which he partici-
THE ROMULUS plane at 14,000 feet. polio world wide. That total The jumpers were cheered on pates, which is most of them,
ROMAN The courageous club mem- includes a two to one grant by a crowd of well wishers, he admits. He has personally
ROMAN
Vol. 135, No. 34 bers followed the lead of from the Bill and Melinda including families, friends and raised $4,700 in pledges for
District 6400 Governor Noel Gates Foundation, whose fellow club members. the effort.
Registrations are now Jackson who organized the interest was piqued by the The tandem jumps took To date, the efforts of the
being accepted for the annu- flight to fight polio and urged unusual fundraising effort. some instruction before take skydiving Rotarians have
al Romulus Chamber of club members to secure The eradication of polio is a off from the Dropzone location funded 205,060 doses of polio
Commerce Golf outing set pledges from friends, family shared goal of the Gates in Jackson. vaccine and funded the inocu-
for Aug. 27 at Links at members and strangers to Foundation and Rotary clubs Jackson, who initiated the lation of 41,000 children.
Gateway Golf Course. ensure they actually jumped worldwide. skydives to generate funds Getting the vaccine and the
See page 5. vaccinator to the children is
more expensive than simply
the cost of the two drops of
THE WAYNE vaccine, Jackson explained.
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Vol. 73, No. 34 Trenton dentist, jumped out of
a plane it was at the behest of
Prosecutors claim that his office staff who presented
Flem Stiltner IV killed his him with a gift certificate for
father, 48-year-old Flem the adventure. Jackson
Stiltner III of Wayne, and then enjoyed the sensation so much
attempted to hide the victim's that he agreed to do another
body near Belleville Lake. jump, with Shiva Koushik, a
See page 6. Rotarian friend in nearby
Windsor, Ont. As the pair were
waiting for their second jump,
THE WESTLAND their wives suggested enlisting
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Vol. 73, No. 34 pledges for polio eradication.
That first effort in 2014, gen-
Westland officials are erated $15,000 in pledges and
seeking a group of residents another $30,000 from the
to serve on two separate Gates foundation. Since then,
commissions charged with the effort has been flying high.
ensuring integrity and non- Since 1985, when Rotary
discrimination in city gov- Jan Eisen, left, Rotary District Governor Noel Jackson and Chuck Bares enthusiastically prepare
ernment. for their14,000-foot skydive to earn funds to fight polio. Photo by Dave Willett See Rotary, page 2
See page 4.

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