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INKSTER - NORTHVILLE
INKSTER - NORTHVILLE

Board OK’s air quality

device on school land

Members of the Northville Public be shielded by a 10-foot fence according
Schools Board of Education approved a to current plans and the system will
plan to allow Advanced Disposal monitor for Sulfur Dioxide in the air.
Systems to install an air quality moni- The EPA has also required the testing
toring system on Ridge Wood be performed by a third party and that
Elementary School property. real-time results must be available to
The system will be constructed and the public as a further condition
paid for by Advanced Disposal Systems imposed by the agency.
(ADS) and is in response to an order School board president Matthew
from the U.S. Environmental Wilk noted that the district is not a party
Protection Agency demanding the test- to the agreement between the landfill
ing system for air quality near the ADS- owner and the federal agency. He
owned Arbor Hills landfill. added that he was concerned that cir-
The school is within a mile of the cumstances could change during the
landfill which was cited by state offi- five-year arrangement and the district
cials for air-quality offenses several might want to cancel the agreement Construction sight
times last year. The impact on air quali- allowing the air testing system on the
ty near the waste site has been dis- school property. Volunteers turned out in droves last week during the Habitat for Humanity
cussed at several meetings of the Board trustee Angela Jaafar said the International Women Build Week at a home site in Inkster. Among the volunteers
Northville City Council members and testing of the air quality at Ridge Wood was 12th District Wayne County Commissioner Glenn Anderson who noted that
numerous complaint letters have been was long overdue and that parents have twice as many volunteers as in the photo worked at the day-long event. The week
sent to ADS. An air quality monitoring been asking for a monitoring system for took place March 1 through 8, the week leading up to International Women's Day.
system at the landfill site was ordered several months. She said the odors from The event calls on women across the globe to raise a hammer to spotlight the
need for safe and affordable housing and provides the tools for women to
by the U.S. Environmental Protection the landfill have been a concern for empower and educate themselves about skills used when repairing and restoring
Agency last fall. parents of students at the school. homes. This year, approximately 6,000 women volunteers in more than 235 com-
The structure is expected to cost The system will be installed on the munities in the United States, India and Canada participated with the goal to build
about $10,000 and must continue to east side of the school parking lot which and improve 540 homes while raising awareness of housing issues facing women
operate for a minimum of five years, is within the parameters set by the fed- and their families.
according to the federal agency. It will eral agencies involved.
History of Maybury Sanatorium to be lecture topic

Maybury Sanitorium: Fresh ” opened in 1921 as the Detroit
Air Care will be the topic of two The presentations are free but due Municipal Tuberculosis
presentations in Northville in Sanatorium but was later named
April. to the popularity of the programs, after William H. Maybury who
Both presentations will begin reservations are highly recommended. led the development of the facili-
at 7 p.m. The April 6 presentation ty. Ironically, Maybury contract-
will take place at the Northville ed the illness for which the sana-
District Library in downtown Oldenburg will discuss the histo- made at (248) 349-3020. torium was built and died in his
Northville and the April 7 pres- ry surrounding the facility. Organizers noted that the pro- farm house on the property in
entation will take place at Construction began 100 years grams are so popular that they 1931.
Northville Township Hall, 44405 ago this month at the site of what fill to capacity, necessitating a the In 1969 the sanatorium closed
Six Mile Road, Northville. is now Maybury State Park for repeat presentation on the sec- due to a lack of patients. In 1972,
The moderator of the pro- the purpose of treating tubercu- ond night. the Michigan Natural Resource
grams will be Joe Oldenburg, a losis. The presentations are free Constructed from eight Commission purchased the prop-
local historian, who is a member but due to the popularity of the Northville Township farms, erty from Detroit and in 1975
of the Northville Township programs, reservations are high- Detroit owned and operated the Maybury State Park was opened
William H. Maybury Historic District Fund. ly recommended and can be tuberculosis sanatorium which on the grounds.