No. 11
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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March 15 – 21, 2018
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The City of Wayne will
mark the Easter holiday with
two special family events,
including the annual
Marshmallow Drop and the
BunnyBrunch.
See page 5.
Everybody will be Irish
this Saturday, especially
those
attending
the
Northville Educational
Foundation St. Patrick's Day
Soiree at Meadowbrook
CountryClub.
See page 3.
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Preparing students for
real world employment
opportunities is the main
goal of the Business
Management Program at
RomulusHighSchool.
See page 4.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Members of the Westland
Rotary club heard about the
multiple programs and serv-
ices offered at the Westland
Friendship Center at a
recentmeeting.
See page 5.
Celebrating a tradition
that is thousands of years
old, Cantonwill host the 2018
Chinese Spring Festival at
The Village Theater at
CherryHill Saturday.
See page 2.
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An Inkster mother is fac-
ing felony charges in a shoot-
ing that left her 16-year-old
son in critical condition last
week.
See page 2.
The Plymouth Chamber
of Commerce presented the
annual business of the year
awards at a banquet honor-
ing thewinners last week.
See page 3.
The Belleville Strawberry
Festival will have something
extra this year with the first-
ever Lakeside Strawberry
Run sponsored by the
Belleville Area Chamber of
Commerce.
See page 4.
A 17-year-old student has
been arraigned on two felony
charges following threats at
Canton and Salem high schools
last week.
Canton Township police
arrested Brendan James Sibel
of Plymouth last Wednesday,
March 7. He has been charged
with two counts of terrorism
threat, a 20-year-felony, and two
counts of bomb threat, a 4-year
felony. Sibel was arraigned
before 35th District Court Judge
Ronald Lowe who set his cash
bond at $250,000.
The charges stemmed from
an incident last week when stu-
dents at both Canton and Salem
high schools reported threats
written on bathroom walls in
eachbuilding.
Upon notification of the
threats, Plymouth-Canton
Community School officials,
along with the school resource
officers and officials from the
Canton Police Department,
assessed the situation and deter-
mined the threats were not
credible. The schools were
placed on a “soft lockdown” at
about 8:30 a.m. March 1.
Students and employees
were dismissed at 11 a.m. while
police continued to investigate
the incident.
“Threats made against our
schools, regardless of intent, will
not be tolerated. Any threats to
the safety of our students and
staff will be taken seriously, and
those deemed responsible will
be held accountable,” said
Monica L. Merritt, superinten-
dent of Plymouth Canton
schools. “We recognize what
makes our high school campus
so unique as ‘Three Schools,
One Park’ also presents some
unique challenges…but we have
an incredible community, and
together we will ensure that P-
CCS remains a safe learning
environment for all,” Merritt
added.
“The
Canton
Police
Department is dedicated to
thoroughly investigating all
threats to the safety of our resi-
dents, and specifically our stu-
dent population,” said Deputy
Director of PoliceChadBaugh.
“Plymouth
Canton
Community Schools and the
Canton Police Department are
grateful for the actions and sup-
port of the students and staff this
week, and applaud the very
responsible students who spoke
up and assisted where possible
with the investigation,” he
added.
Sibel
was
arrested
Wednesday, March 7. During his
arraignment Thursday he
reportedly told Lowe that he
“wanted a day off school.”
During a bond hearing the same
day, Lowe continued the
$250,000 cash bond. Should
Sibel meet the cash bond
requirement, he must wear a
GPS tether, be on house arrest,
andhave no access to firearms.
Sibel's next court appearance
for a preliminary examination
on the charges is set for March
23.
Local Eagle Scouts were
among those honored at a
recent Recognition Dinner
attended by Scouts and their
mentors. Chuck Lang, former-
ly chief financial officer/direc-
tor of Development for the
Great Lakes Field Service
Council, noted only 2 percent
of Boy Scouts achieve the
Eaglehonor.
Lang noted each Eagle
Scout works with an adult
mentor in his career field of
interest to complete a service
project. Onementor is an engi-
neer, while another works in
media technology.
“Any career, we align the
adult mentor with the young
man's career interest,” Lang
explained.
“It requires many hours,”
he said of each service project,
in which the young man coor-
dinates efforts of other Scouts
and additional volunteers.
“They involve hundreds of
volunteers in each of their
projects. Just think of the
amount of energy that was pro-
vided to local communities ...
and the number of people that
are going to benefit,” Lang
said.
Eagle Scout projects
include parks work, beautifi-
cation, and work done at
churches and schools.
Area Eagle Scouts honored
Local Eagle Scouts recently honored included, front row from left: James Berry III, Troop 781,
Plymouth; Joshua Hall, Troop 743, Plymouth; Benjamin Devine, Troop 1537, Plymouth; Matthew
Moliassa, Troop 1537, Plymouth; Colin Kittrell, Troop 755, Northville and John Kenny, Troop 60,
Washington Township, winner of Best Eagle Scout Project in 2017. Adult Eagle mentors in the
back row, from left included, Justin Nichols - Plymouth Rotary Club; Steve Sarlitto - TRW
Automotive; David Batts - Plymouth Rotary Club; Rick Ruffner - Avanti Press and Chuck Lang -
Plymouth Rotary Club.
Members of the Plymouth
City Commission voted unani-
mously to recommend a renew-
al of all 25 current liquor licens-
es in the city to the State Liquor
Control Commission and to add
three additional licenses, bring-
ing the total to 28 for the 2-
square-mile city.
Last week, members of the
City Commission unanimously
approved the renewal and the
increase in the liquor license
cap from14 to 16 for those estab-
lishments inside the downtown
city limits and from 11 to 12 out-
side the DDA, Downtown
Development Authority district.
Owners of existing business-
es, like Greek Islands Eatery
and Westborn Market, have pre-
viously applied for city approval
of a liquor license. Westborn has
a 90-seat restaurant. The new
owners of the Box Bar are also
expected to apply for a liquor
license for the proposed Arbor
Brewing Co. microbrewery at
the site.
The former Panache 447 and
Plymouth Crossing restaurants
hold two licenses currently in
escrow that could be revoked by
the Michigan Liquor License
Commission. Should that hap-
pen, there would be two more
licenses available in the city.
Plymouth reportedly is the
only municipality in the state
with a cap on the number of
licenses, according to the chair
of the three-member Plymouth
Liquor License Review
Committee Commissioner
Colleen Pobur. At one time
Pobur served on the Michigan
Liquor Control Commission.
In the past, critics have
argued the Plymouth already
has a parking problem and
expressed fears that the city is
now a destination for “bar hop-
ping party goers.”
See
Limit,
page 3
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Brendan James Sibel
Student facing terrorism charges
Grant to
fund new
heart
devices
The
Romulus
Fire
Department will be able to act
more quickly to aid residents
with heart issues, thanks to some
help fromBeaumontHealth.
The department will purchase
new heart monitors with a grant
from the health system. The
$61,591 grant will fund the pur-
chase of two of the machines that
will essentially bring an emer-
gency room into the homes of
people experiencing heart issues.
“This is new, portable technol-
ogy,” saidKevinKrause, Romulus
fire chief. “These are for para-
medics. They allow us to do a
number of different things. The
12-lead EKG that you'd get in the
emergency room, if you're admit-
ted, we can now do in the home,
at bedside.”
The city has defibrillators in
public buildings, as does
Romulus schools and many busi-
nesses in town. Themonitors pur-
chased are more capable than
those, and canmonitor other vital
signs such as blood pressure.
These machines are compatible
with the AEDS in buildings, too,
and provide more than a 'jump
start' in the case of a cardiac
Plymouth adds 3 new liquor licenses
Julie Brown
Special Writer
See
Devices,
page 4
Don Howard
Staff Writer
Plymouth reportedly is the only
municipality in the state with
a cap on the number of licenses...
