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6 of 7 board members now face recall
Six of the seven members of
the Plymouth Township Board
of Trustees now face the possi-
bility of recall.
Two of the three handwritten
recall petitions submitted by
Township Supervisor Richard
Reaume seeking the recall of
Trustees Bob Doroshewitz,
Michael Kelly and Chuck Curmi
were approved by members of
the Wayne County Elections
Commission last Thursday.
The three-member commis-
sion, Wayne County Circuit
Court Judge Milton Mack,
Treasurer Raymond Wojtowicz
and Clerk Cathy Garrett,
approved Reaume's petitions
seeking to recall Doroshewitz
and Kelly, but refuted the lan-
guage in the Curmi petition. The
panel agreed with a letter from
Curmi citing a double negative
in the petition language as sub-
mitted and rejected the lan-
guage for that reason.
Reaume,
Township
Treasurer Ron Edwards,
Township
Clerk
Nancy
Conzelman and Trustee Kay
Arnold are also the targets of
recall petitions filed last month.
While Reaume conceded the
language on the petition against
him was clear, the other three
have appealed the decision of
the panel. A hearing is set on
that appeal later this month.
Those petitions were filed by a
grassroots political action group
who have been protesting the
spending and decisions of the
boardmembers formonths.
The petitions filed by
Reaume against the three mem-
bers of the board not targeted by
the citizens' groups were charac-
terized by Reaume as an effort
to demonstrate the flaws in the
election laws.
Reaume listed a threat by
Doroshewitz to file a lawsuit
against the township as the rea-
son for the recall on the petition.
No lawsuit was filed by the
trustee.
Doroshewitz, who did not
attend the hearing, said that he
did not want to “legitimize the
whole process.”
“Recalls are a tool for the citi-
zens to use to express their
anger, they not are weapons for
electeds to use to wage war on
one another. Reaume abused
the judicial process and again
showed his woeful lack of lead-
ership,”Doroshewitz said.
Reaume cited Kelly's vote in
January to veto any intergovern-
mental agreement with the City
of Plymouth for two years. The
language against Curmi cited his
vote against the samemotion.
Bomber plant will become
part of Yankee Air Museum
Chamber selling raffle tickets
Potters Guild plans sale
‘Inspired’ entries sought
The Yankee Air Museum has officially
acquired 175,000 square feet of the former
Willow Run Bomber Plant where Rosie
the Riveter and other workers built more
than 8,600 B-24 bombers during World
War II.
Museum officials celebrated the suc-
cessful completion of their Save the
Bomber Plant campaign last week at a
ceremony at the airport during which offi-
cial paperwork was signed, transferring
the space to themuseum.
The group collected more than $8 mil-
lion necessary to purchase part of the fac-
tory to be used as the home for the wide
collection of antique aircraft, many origi-
nally flown during wartime. Another $5
million is needed to complete the renova-
tion and remodeling of the interior of the
space dedicated to the new museum. The
facility will be named National Museum
of Aviation and Technology at Historic
Willow
The museum purchased the site from
the Revitalizing Auto Communities
Environmental Response Trust, which
took control of sites around the country
during the bankruptcy filing of General
Motors Corp.
The statewill contribute about $1.5mil-
lion to help the museum fund the infra-
structure at the new site, an expense
approved by the Legislature in the budget
last year.
The Belleville Area Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor the annual car
raffle this year.
Each $20 ticket is one chance to win a
24-month, or 10,500 mile per year, lease
on a Ford Focus or $5,000. Chamber offi-
cials said that only 1,000 tickets will be
sold.
The drawing will take place Dec. 6,
during theBellevilleWinterFest.
Tickets can be purchased at the cham-
ber office, 248MainSt. inBelleville.
More information is available at (734)
697-7151.
The Village Potters Guild has planned
the annual Holiday Sale beginning
Thursday, Nov. 20-23.
Functional and decorative pottery cre-
ated by 25 members of the guild will be
available, including mugs, ornaments,
tiles, dinnerware, vases, jewelry and large
platters. The opening reception will take
place from 5-8 p.m. Nov. 20. The sale con-
tinues from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 21, 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday, and
fromnoonuntil 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23.
The studio is located at 340 N. Main St.
in Plymouth located behind the Crossings
Restaurant. For more information or
directions to the studio for the sale, visit
www.villagepottersguild.org or call (734)
207-8807.
The Plymouth Community Arts
Council will host a first-ever December
Open Juried Exhibit, Inspired. The
three-week exhibit will feature two-
dimensional artwork in any media. The
subject must be something that is inspi-
rational or it may be a piece of work
that evolved from an inspirational
source, a spokesperson said.
Entry fee for up to two pieces will be
$15 per artist. Entry forms will be avail-
able at drop off day, and in the arts
council office andwebsite.
All artwork must be clearly labeled
with name, phone number, title, media
and price. At least one submitted piece
from each artist must be for sale. Art
may be rejected if it is oversized, or if it
has been exhibited previously in our
gallery. Artistsmust be 18 or older.
A holiday-themed artists reception
for family and friends is planned from
7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Plymouth
Community Arts Council. Refreshments
will be served. The event is free and
open to the public.
Drop off day for artwork is from 1
a.m. until 4 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. Dec. 1.
The exhibit is open for viewing dur-
ing arts council business hours from 9
a.m. until 4 p.m. fromMondays through
Thursdays, Dec. 4-18.