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Emergency food distribution set
The next distribution of emergency food
by Plymouth Community United Way is
scheduledThursday, Feb. 21.
The Emergency Food Assistance
Program provides low-income Plymouth
and Northville residents with canned and
non-perishable items.
All recipients must be pre-registered.
This is a supplemental food program that
may be used in addition to other assistance
programs. Bridge Card holders automatical-
ly qualify, but need to pre-register.
Recipients not currently on governmental
assistance (food stamps, ADC and general)
must provide documentation including
proof of income and residency before
receiving food ondistributiondays.
Distributions continue the third
Thursday of eachmonth from 9:30 a.m. to 11
a.m. at St. Kenneth Catholic Church in
Plymouth.
For information and to register, call
Samantha Bray at (734) 453-6879, ext. 6, or
send email to unitedway@pcuw.org.
walk and the street at the bases of trees,”
Bremmer said. “It's very deliberate and mali-
cious.”
Bremmer said she cannot fathom any
motive for such cruelty. She and her husband
have been living in their home in the subdivi-
sion for more than 10 years and her older dog
is 8 and the younger, 4.
“It's not like we or anybody else leaves dog
droppings or a mess. There aren't dogs bark-
ing all the time. I don't understand what the
problem could be. And if there is one, there
are other ways to solve it. We have a home-
owners association or they could complain to
the police,” she said.
The lethal food has been found in the area
of Wall Street and Fifth and on Empire State
Drive and themeats and candy have also been
wrapped around construction staples and
other sharppieces ofmetal.
Bremmer said that about 10-15 pieces of
food are left in the path of the pet walkers,
and when the snow came, the perpetrator put
the metal shards or needles in whitefish so it
would blend into the ground cover, giving ani-
mals a stronger chance of eating the metal
before owners could stop them.
Canton Police confirmed reports of the
incidents and said that there was an ongoing
investigation.
“I only wanted to call attention to this so
people would know what's going on. I think
the Canton police are taking it seriously and
are on top of it,”Bremmer said.
Anyone with information is asked to call
Canton Police Det. Sgt. Dave Schreiner at
(734)394-5400.
trustees was incorrect and, he said, highly
inflated due to some outdated software, he
said. Last week, the corrected data provided
indicated that the average response time in
PlymouthTownshipwas 4.67minutes despite
the closing of a fire station and the serious
reductions in staffing. That time iswell under
the national standard of 6 minutes, set in
2001 by the National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA). The 6-minute standard
is a guideline, not law. The association rec-
ommends meeting that standard in 90 per-
cent of calls.
According to Robert Cobb, ISO national
director of community mitigation, a compre-
hensive field survey is required to determine
any changes in a community PPC classifica-
tion. “A survey can be requested by an insur-
er, or by a community, when substantial
changes have occurred since the last visit.”
ISO representatives visited the Plymouth
Township Fire Department last fall and
strongly suggested an updated field survey
but township officials have not yet made such
a request.
ISO could change the rating of the town-
ship at any time due to the lack of a field eval-
uation, a spokesman said.
Wendel said he was “not going to specu-
late” on the net effect of a new evaluation by
ISO, nor what the rating might be especially
with the changes that have taken place over
the last 18 months, including reduction of the
staff to only 11 full-time firefighters, the sta-
tion closing and the loss of aerial ladder
equipment. The other main factor consid-
ered by ISO, water pressure, is also a continu-
ing problemin the township.
Since April of 2008 when the new town-
shipwater tower was reported functioning by
engineers, the 1 million gallon tank has
reportedly not been filled to more than 65
percent capacity. Township officials were
notified by the Detroit Water and Sewerage
Department in September of 2010 that the
township had exceeded the limits of the
agreement for the purchase of water.
The cost of the water tower including
repairs is currently $2,679,384 and increases
are expected if reports of a needed addition-
al and dedicated line in parallel to the Five
Mile water main at the Sheldon Road pump
station and installation of booster pumps to
correct the deficiency are approved. There
are estimates that additional expense could
push the total cost of the water tower to as
much as $3 to $4million.
There have been numerous and varied
reasons provided for the pressure failures
with the new tank but no final word fromoffi-
cials as to when the tank will provide a
steady and consistent level of water pressure.
That erratic pressure would be a major
factor in thePPC rating, according to ISO.
Hats off to help
Fridays were extra special at Canton Charter Academy in the month of January as
students wore hats to raise money for children with cancer. The school National
Junior Honor Society sponsored a fundraiser for the nonprofit organization Hats Off
For Cancer. Students donated a dollar for the chance to wear a hat on Friday. Fifth-
grade Teacher Ken MacKinnon said the response from the students has been incredi-
ble. “They proudly stroll into school sporting their hats,” MacKinnon said. “I have even
seen students donate more than they are required, or bring in fun hats for their class-
mates.” Hats Off for Cancer uses donations to provide hats to children who have lost
their hair due to cancer treatments. The dollar hat days collected $1,040 to Hats Off
For Cancer.
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