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THE BELLEVILLE Wayne issues city water advisory for residents
ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE
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Wayne residents are being
Vol. 136, No. 42 warned not to drink the water Wayne officials have authorized an sidered the action level by
municipal officials.
Two new deep-water from residential taps in the city The results require the city to
injection waste disposal and avoid using it for cooking, “investigative sampling of water quality” measure corrosion control effec-
wells are planned at preparing food or preparing in response to the report. tiveness in the water distribution
Carleton Farms landfill in baby formula. system, according to EGLE offi-
Sumpter Township. City officials issued the warn- cials. Sampling in the City of
See page 3. ing last Tuesday noting that test- Residents affected by lead Lead can enter drinking Wayne showed 14 parts per bil-
ing for lead and copper in tap service lines in the city are being water when in contact with lion in 2019 and 12 parts per bil-
water in Wayne showed an ele- told to flush the residential pipes pipes, solder, home/building inte- lion in 2020.
THE CANTON vated level of lead. The testing, before using tap water to drink rior plumbing, fittings and fix- Wayne officials have author-
EAGLE according to officials, was rou- or prepare food. Water cus- tures that contain lead. Homes ized an “investigative sampling
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tomers in the city are encour-
of water quality” in response to
with lead service lines have an
tine and included tap water col-
Vol. 74, No. 42 lected from 30 homes in the city. aged to run the water for at least increased risk of having high the report. Free testing for lead
Elevated levels of lead at 16 parts five minutes to flush water from lead levels in drinking water. The in home water is available from
The Mithu Home Day
Care facility in Canton per billion were found in five of the plumbing pipes. Those with- more time water has been sitting the Michigan Department of
the water samples tested.
in delivery pipes, the more lead
out lead service lines are warned
Health and Human Services
Township has been closed According to the Michigan to run the water for 30 seconds to it may contain. drinking water hotline at (844)
by state officials following a Department of Environment, two minutes to clear the harmful State experts warned that 934-1315. Residents who wish to
“high risk investigation.” Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) substance from the pipes. Of the boiling tap water does not have their blood tested for lead
See page 6.
any level of lead in drinking approximately 5,950 customers reduce or eliminate lead. State levels should contact their health
water is unsafe as “drinking in the city, 6.75 percent or about law requires that 90 percent of care provider or make an
water can make up to 20 percent 400 customers have lead service samples collected in the appointment with the Wayne
THE INKSTER or more of a person's potential lines, according to an official required annual testing fall
LEDGER STAR exposure to lead.” statement from the city. below 15 parts per billion, con- See Water, page 5
LEDGER STAR
Vol. 74, No. 42
A Livingston County
District Court Judge refused
to reinstate the $100,000
bond of Michigan State Rep.
Jewell Jones who is current-
ly facing multiple felony
charges.
See page 6.

THE NORTHVILLE
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Vol. 210, No. 42
One of the most popular
attractions of autumn will
end this weekend at
Maybury Farm in Northville
with the final wagon trip to
the Corn Maze Sunday.
See page 4.

THE PLYMOUTH
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The legacy of a beloved
Plymouth resident lives on
with the new $1.2 million
fountain unveiled last Rotary members from across the globe have spent decades in the battle to inoculate the children of the world against polio.
Saturday in Kellogg Park.
World-wide warriors
See page 4.

THE ROMULUS Local Rotary clubs celebrate global effort to eradicate polio
ROMAN
ROMAN
Vol. 136, No. 42 They don't look like war- ” and today, most people have
riors, but for more than 40 only a vague recollection of
The Romulus Police years, they have been doing This week, on Oct. 24, Rotary Club hearing about it.
Department had joined an battle with an enemy that has members around the world will Many countries, however,
elite group accredited by the threatened the lives and well- did not have the financial abil-
Michigan Law Enforcement being of children around the celebrate World Polio Day. ity to produce or distribute the
Accreditation Commission. world. vaccine, prompting the mem-
See page 2. Members of local Rotary lated at schools, churches and eradicated in America. Few bers of a Rotary District in the
clubs throughout this area and clinics and and within only a people in this country can Philippines to begin the move-
across the United States have year, the instance of polio forc- even remember the fear par- ment to eradicate the disease.
THE WAYNE been on a mission since 1979 ing children into leg and back ents had of their children con-
EAGLE to eradicate polio, a disease braces, or iron lungs, was tracting the crippling disease See Polio, page 6
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responsible for the crippling
Vol. 74, No. 42 paralysis or death of thou-
Members of the Wayne sands of children in this coun-
Rotary club presented a $5,000 try and even more victims
donation to the Champions of across the globe.
Wayne mentoring program at In 1952-an epidemic year
Wayne Memorial High School for polio-there were 58,000
last week. new cases reported in the
See page 5. United States, and more than
3,000 Americans died from the
disease. On March 26, 1953,
American medical researcher
THE WESTLAND Dr. Jonas Salk announced that
EAGLE he had successfully tested a
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Vol. 74, No. 42 vaccine against poliomyelitis,
the virus that causes polio.
City-wide decorating con- Salk donated the vaccine and
tests, Malloween trick or took no payment for the life-
treating for children and a saving serum that was imme-
ghost hunt are planned in diately embraced with great
Westland to celebrate relief by parents across the During the early 1950s, children afflicted with muscle-wasting polio were often placed in iron lungs
'spooky season.' country. Children were inocu- to keep them breathing.
See page 5.

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