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PLYMOUTH - WAYNE - WESTLAND
PLYMOUTH - WAYNE - WESTLAND

First among many

As part of national Women's History
Month, Westland officials recently paid
tribute to the late Justine Barns. Mrs.
Barns, who started her political career as a
PTA member, was elected as a Michigan
State House Representative after careers
on the Westland City Council and multiple
volunteer roles in the community. Mrs.
Barns was a trailblazer and a “remarkable
State Representative, Councilwoman, phil-
anthropist, leader and friend. Our commu-
nity is a better place because of her count-
less contributions,” officials said. Mrs.
Barns served on the original Charter
Committee when Nankin Township was
converted to the City of Westland. She
dedicated many years of service to the city
before going on to serve in the House of
Representatives and after spending 12
years at the State Capitol, returned to
serve another four years on Westland City
Council before her retirement. “With a
large list of firsts, Westland is proud to call
her our “First” Westland councilmember
on the “First' city council as well as the
“First” woman president to serve the
council. She was also memorialized with
the naming of the Jefferson Barns
Community Vitality Center in the commu-
nity she loved.” March is designated as
Women's History Month, set aside to
honor women's contributions in American
history.

Reward offered in search for suspect in fatal shootings

Crime Stoppers of Michigan is weighing 180 pounds. Police said
offering a reward of up to $5,000 ” that while he may have attempt-
for information leading to the Hall identified Greer as the ed to change his appearance, he
arrest of a man suspected of has a prominent scar on his right
fatally shooting two women in man who shot her and her sister. cheek.
the City of Wayne on Jan. 5. Crime Stoppers is asking the
Sisters Dominique Parchmon, public for any information lead-
30, and Shyanna Hall, 18, were ing to Greer's whereabouts and
killed at about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, hospital, Hall identified Greer as scene immediately after the suggests making an anonymous
Jan. 5 in an apartment on the the man who shot her and her shooting in Parchmon's 2006 call to 1-800-SPEAK-UP or visit
3300 block of Niagara Street in sister. She told police that an Dodge Charger. Police later dis- the website at
Wayne. The suspect in the shoot- argument between Parchmon covered the abandoned vehicle http://1800speakup.orb. Tips can
ing deaths was identified as 32- and Greer escalated into the in Ypsilanti Township near also be called into the U.S.
year-old Christopher Greer, a for- shooting. Parchmon died at the Michigan Avenue and Hewitt Marshals Service at (313) 202-
mer long-time boyfriend of scene, according to police Road. 6458 or the Wayne police at (734)
Parchmon. reports. Greer is described as a Black 721-1598 or emailed to
Christopher Greer Before her death at a nearby Greer reportedly fled the man about 5-feet, 9-inches tall fcarter@cityofwayne.com.
St. John’s

expansion

approved

Members of the Plymouth
Township Planning Commission
unanimously recommended
massive expansion plans at The
Inn at St. Johns. The plans
include the addition of a new
14,000 square-foot ballroom, a
ceremony pavilion and an
expansion of the golf pro shop.
The plans will now to the mem-
bers of the township board of
trustees for consideration.
"The Pulte family's commit-
ment to doing things right, I don't
think that's a question," com-
mented Francis Resendes of the
Resendes Design Group which
has done much of the previous
work at the St. John's site. He
said the expansion would take
about 12-16 months once begun.

Inspire

auditions

planned

Inspire Theatre in Westland
has scheduled auditions for a
performance of Guys and Dolls
from 6 until 9 p.m. Monday and
Tuesday, April 11 and 12.
Guys and Dolls is an award-
winning classic with a plot fea-
turing New York's most infamous
crap game organizer Nathan
Detroit. He challenges notorious
gambler Sky Masterson to a bet
he's sure he'll win: take mission
girl Sarah Brown to dinner in
Havana, Cuba. Sky accepts and
pursues the known prude, seem-
ingly hopelessly, while Nathan
deals with his own situation, his
14-year fiancée, Adelaide, who is
tired of waiting for a wedding.
Inspire Theatre is located at
33455 Warren Road in Westland.
At this time, mask wearing is
required but subject to change.
For more information, call (734)
751-7057.