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CANTON - PLYMOUTH

Students radio station record show set

Julie Brown the school district.
Staff Writer “Our mission is to use local resources
to invest in the lives of young people,”
Learning and life skills are all in a day's Keith said, praising Plymouth-Canton
work for Plymouth-Canton students at school district and community support of
WSDP-FM 88.1 The Park. the station which has been on the air for
Fiona Hughes and Sam Badger can 47 years.
attest to that. Both are 17 and Canton High Keith studied telecommunications at
School seniors. She is program director Michigan State University.
and he is operations manager at the stu- From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday,
dent-operated radio station. Feb. 16, in the Salem High School cafete-
“My mom and I were driving” and ria the student station will sell a variety of
tuned into the student-run station. “She vinyl records and other items to raise
turns to me and said 'You've got a big money. Regular admission to the Record
mouth.' It is the best decision I made,” Show is $3, with Plymouth, Canton and
Badger said. Salem High School students holding ID
Badger and Hughes, speaking recently admitted free.
at the Plymouth Noon Rotary Club, cited Interested dealers can contact Keith at
radio station friendships made at (734) 416-7732 or by email at
Plymouth-Canton Educational Park. bill.keith@pccsk12.com. During the 88.1 The Park Record Show last year, student staff members including
“You go to school with 6,000 kids, it's Keith noted that more than $19,000 was Emma Menebroker, left, and Serafine Hinz, were all smiles as collectors and vinyl
easy to get lost. The people in that line are generated from the annual auction last record enthusiasts browsed. The show is set for Saturday at Salem High School.
still my friends today,” he said of his fresh- May and his appreciation of Community 1980s frequency swap with Eastern Much of the success of the show can be
man audition. Financial Credit Union sponsoring the Michigan University. tied to the resurgence of interest in vinyl
“88.1 has truly changed my life. I upcoming fundraiser. His student broad- Thousands of vinyl records, CDs, records, according to Keith.
thought I was going to be working behind casters have been Marconi Award finalist import only releases, t-shirts, posters and “Some people would like you think
the scenes,” Hughes said. She, too, was four of the five past years which other collectibles will be on display when that music is all digital now, but the record
urged to join the station by her mom. impressed media pros. 88.1 The Park presents the 11th annual show proves that all wrong.
“We learn how to write stories that mat- “They just about faint,” Keith added, 88.1 Record show on Saturday. It's amazing to see so many music fans,
ter to the community. Those skills carry on when they hear of the success and talent Proceeds will benefit the nationally- from all generations, together in one
in whatever career you go into,” she said. of the students. recognized student radio station. The place, said Hughes.
She will study marine biology at Coastal Hughes said the play lists on the sta- show will feature special giveaways and Salem High School is located at 46181
Carolina University, and also works on the tion are designed to please the local lis- door prizes in addition to a wide-variety of Joy Road in Canton at the corner of Joy
Perspective student newspaper at PCEP. teners. vendors. The radio station expects to and Canton Center roads. The Salem
Bill Keith, station manager, praised “It”s (the play list) based on what listen- build on the success of the show last year High School cafeteria is located on the
Hughes and Badger, as well as their class- ers say they like.” The station, based at which was the largest ever with a crowd of first floor, just inside the main entrance to
mates who operate the station, owned by Salem High School, is 300 watts and did a more 420 people attending. the school.
Rezoning neys. The lawyers claimed mem- planner for the township. dropped the application. green space, and provided
During the meeting, Township
bers of the planning commission
buffers for adjacent properties.
“We're very happy. We've got
were motivated to accommodate Supervisor Kurt Heise some good homeowners here.” “What I am opposed to is
FROM PAGE 1 Grand Sakwa and that they erred announced that NorthRidge had Wolford said her homeowners bypassing the zoning ordinance
in their decision to move the withdrawn the pending applica- association members had seen in an effort to jam as many hous-
on a 5-2 vote in December with changes forward. The attorneys tion for change that night. He concept drawings and the Grand es as possible on a small parcel of
board Trustee Bob Doroshewitz, for the subdivision residents said the proposed changes were Sakwa plan that had but one- land under the guise of a cluster
who serves as the liaison to the claimed the ordinance change more restrictive to potential road for entrance and egress, housing option. “We have very
commission, and commission was unreasonable. developers than before, but there “and the homes were but 10 feet few parcels of land left in
member Keith Postell casting the Joseph Van Esley, a township was still a need to update the apart.” She said it was rumored Plymouth Township that are
negative votes. resident and real estate broker ordinance. that NorthRidge had threatened undeveloped. We have to be very
The church, established in who lives near the church prop- “The trend in Plymouth to “develop low-income housing careful and selective in how that
Detroit in the 1950s as Temple erty, is a member of the township Township is toward these kind of or a charter school” on the site if land is developed,” Clinton
Baptist, now has a following of board of review. Speaking at the single-story 'active senior' empty- the rezoning requests were explained.
20,000 members and the huge last two meetings of the board of nester homes. They've always blocked. “I'm glad that I called for a
auditorium-like building can seat trustees, Van Esley said he felt been controversial, and it's time She said her concerns includ- study session to gain more public
more than 3,000. The church has the applicants were going to update the Cluster Housing ed increased traffic, power usage input and ideas on this important
a history of a rocky relationship through the “back door” to allow Ordinance to make sure we bal- and water, schools and property issue,” Heise said.
with the township concerning for extra density and “manipulat- ance these housing trends with values if the township approved “This was the fourth public
zoning restrictions. In 2011, ing the township zoning ordi- community expectations. Doing cluster homes for the NorthRidge meeting on the proposed text
NorthRidge and the township nance.” nothing may get you momentary property. amendments and the township
ultimately agreed to a Federal “How many communities has applause but it doesn't address Township Treasurer Mark board and planning commission
Consent Judgment following a McKenna given the community development for the 2020s,” Clinton said he's not opposed to gained valuable insight. The
dispute. absolute discretion on density for Heise said after the meeting. cluster housing as an option for process was completely transpar-
The two upscale subdivisions cluster ordinance? If you're going Shawn Wolford, president of residential development. ent under the law and everyone
most affected by the proposed to re-zone, re-zone it, don't leave it Plymouth Commons “We have a number of exam- had a chance to be heard. The
development, Plymouth up to somebody's discretion,” Van Homeowners Association, said ples in the township where the proposed amendments will be
Commons and Fox Pointe, were Esley said, directing his comment she was pleased with the out- cluster housing option enabled sent back to the planning com-
represented at the study session to Lara Haw of McKenna come of the study session and the the preservation of natural mission for more study and more
by association appointed attor- Associates, the contracted urban fact that NorthRidge had amenities, allowed for open public discussion,” he concluded.
Library marks Black History Month with documentary

Canton Public Library is cele- lows the efforts of Alice Tregay, a cal campaigns, which brought Dudnick calls Tregay a “self- too, are capable of achieving
brating Black History Month by grassroots organizer of the about a new way of thinking. It less and brave woman” and con- great things if we are only able to
screening Alice's Ordinary Chicago Freedom Movement, as sparked the idea that to make nects these grassroots efforts to put heart and soul into the effort,
People, a documentary on the she started working against real change, the movement the election of the first Chicago as did those who came before,”
grassroots start to the Chicago Willis Wagons, which brought needed candidates in office. African American mayor who Dudnick said.
civil rights movement. The film, Martin Luther King, Jr. to “She showed that by starting eventually drew future No registration required. The
followed by a discussion led by Chicago, to the Operation from the beginning and building President Barack Obama to the Canton Public Library is located
director Craig Dudnick, will be Breadbasket picket lines and a solid foundation, you can over- city. at 1200 S. Canton Center Road in
shown from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, voter registration efforts. come seemingly impossible “I hope that this film inspires Canton. Visit www.cantonpl.org
Feb. 26, at the library. Tregay taught a political edu- problems,” Program Librarian the viewers to not only make or call (734) 397-0999 for informa-
Alice's Ordinary People fol- cation class about running politi- Laura Fawcett said. their cause our cause; that we, tion.

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