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Hoy Von Robinson
, 81, of
Plant City, FL died Jan. 11,
2015
Mr. Robinson was born in
Tazewell, TN to Charlie and
Maggie
(Drummonds)
Robinson. He and his wife
of 57 years, Myrtle
Katherine Robinson, trav-
eled from Belleville to Plant
City annually.
Mr. Robinson was a jobset-
ter for General Motors. He
attended
Whitehurst
Baptist Church in Plant
City.
He was preceded in death
by his daughter, Brenda
Kay Kincaid.
In addition to his wife, he is
survived by a son, Bobby
Lee Robinson; two grand-
children, Jesse Kincaid and
Terry Danzle Kincaid, and
three great-grandchildren,
Blake, Cody and Preston.
A Celebration of Life
Service will take place at 11
a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24,
at Belleville Free Will
Baptist Church in Belleville.
Condolences may be
offered
at
www.wellsmemorial.com.
Roshelle
Monique Peoples
Sunrise: Nov. 26, 1970
Sunset: Dec. 25, 2014
Roshelle Monique People
died Dec. 25, 2014.
Among those left to cherish
her memory are her daugh-
ter, Precious Richardson;
her five siblings; a host of
nieces, nephews, cousins
and many friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Willimon
and Alta Peoples.
A memorial service took
place at the Penn Funeral
Home on Inkster Road in
Inkster with the Rev. Dr.
Arthur Willis officiating.
Serenity
Cremation
Services in Taylor accorded
final rites.
Louise Gaines
Sunrise: Dec. 22, 1923
Sunset: Jan. 7, 2015
Louise Gaines died Jan. 7,
2015.
Mrs. Gaines was from
Alabama and resided in
Imperial Health Care
Center for a number of
years.
Among her survivors are
her cousin, Leona Peason
of Alabama; a number of
health care workers at
Imperial Center, and many
members of Amity Baptist
Church.
A memorial service took
place at Penn Funeral
Home with the Rev.
Anthony B. Eaddy Funeral
officiating.
Final rites were accorded
by a cremation service.
Mary Pardue Davis
Born: June 16, 1929
Died: Jan. 9, 2015
Mary
Ruth
Elizabeth
Pardue Davis died Jan. 9,
2015.
She was born to Hezzie
and Flossie (Perkins)
Pardue in Hickory Point,
TN. She graduated from
Inkster High School in 1949
and received her formal
education at Michigan
State University, concen-
trating in Child Psychology.
She was baptized in
August of 1944 at
Bethlehem Temple of
Inkster. She was a member
of the Young Girls Christian
Unity with an Outreach,
later known as the League
of Christian Women, com-
prised of a group of women
who were saved in their
youth during the 1940s and
1950s.
She and Jesse Davis were
married on Aug. 30, 1952
and Mr. Davis died on Jan.
27, 1982, on his 57th birth-
day.
Mrs. Davis was employed
by the Inkster Public
Schools System where she
served in multiple adminis-
trative positions. She
retired from the district in
1996 as Supervisor of Food
Services.
Mrs. Davis moved her
church membership to
Christ Temple Westland in
1982 where she was a
member of the Senior
Usher Board, Assistant
Secretary, Vice President of
the Pastor's Aide and the
Hospitality Committee.
Among her survivors are
her children; Dennis Alan
(Claudia) Davis, Kenneth
Anthony (Patricia) Davis,
Mark Edwin Davis, Pamela
Lynn (Christopher) Davis
Drake and Tracye Yvette
Davis; eight grandchildren,
Gina, Alana, Armanda,
Crystal, Jesse, Quentin,
Quinlan and Sabrina; two
great-grandchildren, Paige
and Cydney; her aunts,
Cleo Majors Merriweather
and Mary Majors Roache of
Clarksville, TN; her in-laws,
Samuel
(Ella)
Hurd,
Margaret Calhoun and
Dorethea Johnson, of
Lafayette, LA; special
cousins, Larry (Sandra)
Sallee, James Harold
(Madeline) Skinner and
Wilbur (Ollie) Majors; her
adored god-brother, Elliott
(Elaine) Karo; her devoted
caregiver, Cathy Triplett
Jones; a host of other lov-
ing family members and
many friends. Funeral serv-
ices took place at Christ
Temple Church of the
Apostolic Faith in Westland
with Suffragan Bishop Luke
A. McClendon officiating.
Interment was at United
Memorial
Garden
in
Plymouth. Final arrange-
ments were entrusted to
the Penn Funeral Home on
Inkster Road in Inkster.
Larry Dobie Jordan
Oct. 14, 1952
Jan. 12, 2015
Larry Dobie Jordan died
Jan. 12, 2015.
He was born the son of Ed
and LueBertha Jordan in
Greenville, MS. He moved
to New York as a teen and
served in the United States
Army during the Vietnam
War. He also served in
Germany.
After moving to Michigan,
he met and married Lillian
White. In addition to his
wife, Mr. White is survived
by four children, Edward
(Christine),
Lawrence,
Chakhan (Duane) and
Faith; two grandchildren,
Isaiah and Daniel; three
stepchildren, Angela, Tania
(Willie)
and
Bobby
(Rekeya); four step-grand-
children, Juwan, Jordan,
Justice and Janae; two
brothers, Earl (Jacqueline)
and John (Yvonne); four
sisters, Lucille (Edward),
Mary Louise, Dorothy and
Margaret; a host of nieces,
nephews and other family
members; his special niece
Cindy; his neighbors,
Fernando and Jennifer; his
dear friend, Steve; his
brothers- and sisters-in-
law, and many friends.
Mr. Jordan was preceded
in death by his brother
James (Bennie); sisters,
Hazel, Annie and Ellanor.
Funeral services took place
at the Pentecostal Temple
COGIC in Inkster with
Bishop Isaac King, Jr. offici-
ating. Final arrangements
were entrusted to the Penn
Funeral Home on Inkster
Road in Inkster.
Interment was at Great
Lakes National Cemetery in
Holly.
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January 28th, 2015,
at 11:30am,
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Division located at
42350 Van Born Rd,
Belleville, Mi,
County of Wayne,
will conduct a
public auction of
Impounded and
abandoned vehicles.
The following vehicles will
be offered for sale to the
highest bidder.
1999 Chevrolet 4D
1G1ND52T7X6136480
1992 GMC PU
1GTEC14ZXNE541935
The above vehicles are all
impounded through the
Canton Township Publ ic
Safety Department. There is
a $100 per vehicle buyer fee
made payable to Canton
Township Public Safety.
1998 FordSW
1FMPU18L7WLB87294
1993 Cadillac 4D
1G6CD53B4P4245398
The above vehicles are
impounded through the
Al len
Park
Pol ice
Department. All paperwork
will be handle by manage-
ment at Great Lakes Towing.
2001 Buick 4D
1G4HP54K314159866
2002 Ford4D
1FAFP55U02G269002
2003 FordSW
1FMZU73K53ZB12208
1993 Toyota 4D
4T1SK12E5PU227409
2005 Buick 4D
2G4WD532751284114
1998 Dodge SW
1B4GP44G8WB741001
The above vehicles are
owned by Great Lakes
Towing, and were acquired
to by previous auctions and
vehicle owners relinquishing
titles.
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condition". Bidding on all
vehicles wi l l start at the
amount due for towing and
storage. Vehicles may be
deleted from this list at any
time prior to the start of the
auction. This is a cash only
sale and all vehicles must
be paid in full at the conclu-
sion of the auction.
VEHICLE
PUBLIC AUCTION
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DEEMED ABANDONED
AND WILL BE SOLD AT
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Everything old becomes new
again, and in Plymouth
Township that applies to the
name on the fire department
vehicles.
Members of the Board of
Trustees agreed to spend up to
$6,000 to return the name on the
vehicles to the Plymouth
Township Fire Department, a
name used about two decades
ago. The funds will be used for
new signage on fire trucks,
ambulances and other vehicles
along with new badges and uni-
form arm patches. The depart-
ment will also purchase new
stationery and business cards
with the newoldname.
The return to the former
name is a result of the changes
since the City of Plymouth left
the joint department about
three years ago. The City of
Plymouth is now served by the
on-call City of Northville Fire
Department.
Fire Chief Dan Phillips said
the current name, The
Plymouth Community Fire
Department, “just serves as a
reminder of the intergovern-
mental agreement that's been
canceled.”
The change is timely, Phillips
said, as two new ambulances
are on order and will need
insignia, an engine is scheduled
for repainting and the depart-
ment is applying for a grant with
which it plans to buy another
engine.
Trustees voted unanimously
to return to the former depart-
ment name but the funds to re-
paint the logos and names on
vehicles did not meet with the
approval of Trustee Bob
Doroshewitz who cast the lone
negative vote on themotion.
pally-owned land is not subject to fore-
closure proceedings and that the City of
Detroit has always been the legal owner
of the property.
Northville Township Manager Chip
Snider said that the parties involved
have been assured that there is a resolu-
tion coming on this issue and that during
a meeting last week attorneys assured
officials of a positive outcome.
If Detroit prevails in court, however,
penalties include the return of the land
to the city and/or payment to Detroit of
up to double the market price of the
land. The matter is being adjudicated by
Wayne County Circuit Court Judge
Robert Columbo who will hear motions
on the issue Feb. 27. Detroit attorneys
have said they are more than confident
the land will be returned to the city
based on the clarity of state law.
Snider said that Northville may have
somewhat of a head start on Plymouth as
the township already owns all the land
from Beck to Napier and has had some
interest from buyers looking at smaller
parcels of 10-15 acres. Some parcels of
the land on the south side of Five Mile
Road are already developed with utili-
ties such as water and sewer.
Approximately 78 acres of the property
located in Plymouth Township is consid-
ered wetlands and unbuildable, accord-
ing to tax assessments.
Snider said Northville is working on
developing the north side and the disput-
ed acreage is on the south side of Five
MileRoad inPlymouthTownship.
In the prepared statement from
Northville and Plymouth townships, the
municipalities claim the new initiative is
a cooperative effort with the Wayne
County Department of Economic
Development. The statement refers to
the engagement of “a highly collabora-
tive team of stakeholders,” including
State Sen. Patrick Colbeck, State Reps.
Kurt Heise and Laura Cox, Wayne
County Commissioners Terry Marecki
and Shannon Price, together with repre-
sentatives from the US Department of
Commerce, Michigan Department of
Transportation, Wayne County
Department of Public Service, DTE
Energy, Detroit Regional Chamber,
Strategic Communication Solutions and
“experienced private sector develop-
ment expertise to serve as planning, mar-
keting, funding and regulatory advisors.”
“The goals of this project are to create
a large scale, multi-jurisdictional real
estate development containing private
and underutilized public land holdings
as a platform for investment,” according
to the prepared statement. The primary
goal is to create development ready sites
that will be marketed to technology
based users and developers. Initial prop-
erties are projected to be available early
2015, the officials said.
The project will involve approximate-
ly 800 acres, including the property
involved in the current lawsuit, and
“could support 5 million square feet of
facilities, $620 million of investment and
provide more than 9,000 jobs,” according
to the officials. “Currently, many of the
area firms are international entities
operating on a global basis prompting the
branding as the Michigan International
Technology Center as a place for technol-
ogy users and reflecting the current busi-
ness attraction in Western Wayne
County,” the statement concluded.
other than that of an interested third party,
especially after township officials thwarted
efforts by a City of Plymouth group to devel-
op a recreation facility at the Central
Middle School and stalled efforts by L.A.
Fitness to develop a fitness center on Ann
Arbor Road, a case finally resolved in
Wayne County Circuit Court last fall. Those
questioning the proper handing of the hear-
ing say they surmise the township might
offer a tax-free proposal to USA Hockey in
exchange for use of the facility during off
months for a unilateral in-township recre-
ation program proposed by Township
TreasurerRonEdwards.
Residents skeptical of the Compuware
bond sale transaction say they are suspi-
cious of covert action by township officials
and Edwards, who last year voted down an
opportunity to work with supporters of the
proposed Plymouth Arts and Recreation
Complex (PARC) to be located at the site of
Central Middle School in downtown
Plymouth and rejected a request to join a
feasibility study for the community center
plan. Board members also voted to abstain
from any joint agreements with the City of
Plymouth on any project for three years.
Edwards was adamant at themeeting that a
recreation plan he proposed, including a
$1.9million bond sale to fund a pavilion and
amphitheater as part of a township-con-
trolled recreation department, not be
“tossed aside” for thePARCproposal.
The board of trustees also entered into a
protracted legal battle with L.A. Fitness in
an effort to prevent construction of a recre-
ational/sports complex on Ann Arbor Road.
The lawsuit, settled last fall, allowed L.A.
Fitness to proceed despite the efforts of the
township to halt the project. The facility has
not yet begun construction. Those issues,
and others, sparked the recall campaign
currently under way against Township
Supervisor Richard Reaume, Edwards,
Conzelman andTrusteeKay Arnold, who all
supportedEdwards' plan.
During the board meeting power point
presentation last week by USA Hockey
Director of Operations Scott Monaghan,
TrusteeChuckCurmi questioned board offi-
cials as to whether or not Bennett approved
of the arrangement and if the taxes current-
ly collected for the BeckRoad facility would
be coming off the tax rolls.
Bennett said he felt the resolution draft-
ed by the township clerk was “proper and
formal.”
“So you feel the language sufficiently
indemnifies the township and makes it
clear we're not responsible for any debt
whatsoever in the event of a bankruptcy....or
drawn into a lawsuit from the lenders?”
Curmi inquired.
“I've read the resolution, but I've not seen
the contract... The authority needs local
approval as part of the internal revenue
code in order to qualify for the bond.”
“So you're OK going forward?” Curmi
asked.
“The substance of what's covered in the
resolution is that the authority needs local
approval in order to quality for a loan, and
that's it!”Bennett responded.
Conzelman indicated she felt there was
“no problem”with the language.
Curmi pressed further questioning
whether Compuware is on the tax roll as a
commercial property.
“I'm trying to do due diligence. Will it or
will it not be on the tax roll?”
Reaume, noticeably annoyed at Curmi's
questions responded, “ Foundations are not
exempt frompaying taxes!”
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