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DIA Director visits Plymouth Rotary
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On Wednesday, March
28th 2018, at 11:30 am,
Great
Lakes
Towing
Impound and Recovery
Division located at 42350
Van Born Rd, Belleville, Mi,
County of Wayne, will con-
duct a public auction of
Impounded
and
Abandoned vehicles. The
following vehicles will be
offered for sale to the high-
est bidder.
2004 CHEVROLET SW
1GBDX23E44D138112
2004 HONDA 4D
1HGCM56374A077224
2005 FORD 4D
1FAFP34N05W168289
2014 CHEVROLET 4D
1G1PA5SH8E7486107
The above vehicles are all
impounded through the
Canton Township Public
Safety Department. There
is a $100 per vehicle buyer
fee made payable to
Canton Township Public
Safety. All paperwork is to
be picked up from the
Canton Township Public
Safety Department within
48 hours of the sale.
2007 PONTIAC 4D
2G2WP552671155944
The above vehicles are
impounded through the
Garden
City
Police
Department. All paperwork
is to be picked up from
Garden
City
Police
Department within 48
hours of the sale.
2006 DODGE 4D
2B3KA43G36H424171
2001 CHRYSLER 4D
3C8FY4BB01T603722
The above vehicles are
impounded through the
Taylor Police Department.
2000 GMC SW
1GKDT13WXY2341361
2005 FORD SW
1FMZU73K65ZA00584
2000 TOYOTA 2D
JTDDR32T6Y0047562
1998 FORD 4D
1FAFP66L8WK243519
2011 FORD 4D
3FADP4BJ7BM202625
2009 FORD 4D
1FAHP37N99W211425
The above vehicles are
impounded through the
Westland
Police
Department. All paperwork
must be picked up from the
Westland
Police
Department within 48
hours of the sale.
On Thursday, March 29th
2018, at 11:30 am, Great
Lakes Towing Impound
and Recovery Division
located at 42350 Van Born
Rd, Belleville, Mi, County of
Wayne, will conduct a pub-
lic auction of Impounded
and Abandoned vehicles.
The following vehicles will
be offered for sale to the
highest bidder.
2015 CHRYSLER 4D
1C3CCCAB9FN600926
2009 PONTIAC 4D
1G2ZG57B194178808
The above vehicles are
impounded through the
Farmington Hills Police
Department. All paperwork
is to be picked up from
Farmington Hills Police
Department within 48
hours of the sale.
All Vehicles are sold in "as
is condition". Bidding on all
vehicles will start at the
amount due for towing and
storage. Vehicles may be
deleted from this list at any
time prior to the start of the
auction. This is a cash only
sale and all vehicles must
be paid in full at the con-
clusion of the auction.
Salvador Salort-Pons, Detroit Institute
of Arts director, president and CEO since
2015, knows he stands on some broad
shoulders.
Salort-Pons, on the DIA staff since
2008, tips his hat to 1924-45 director
Wilhelm Valentiner and his vision to
showcase different media, decorative
arts, and varied cultures.
“This was sort of ground-breaking,”
Salort-Pons said March 16 at Plymouth
Noon Rotary. “It was so forward-think-
ing.”
He covered a range of topics, noting
the past two years he's spoken to many
community groups.
“Speaking with the community has
provided me with good information,”
Salort-Pons said.
He praised a 2012 millage that covers
free tri-county admission and expands the
museum's outreach. Salort-Pons is excited
about upcoming exhibits: “Star Wars and
the Power of Costume” May 20-Sept. 30,
and “Play Ball! Baseball at the DIA”
March 29-Sept. 16.
“Diego Rivera is our Michelangelo,”
the museum director said of the famous
Detroit industry panels. He anticipates in
200 years the murals will showcase the
early auto industry, with the collection
putting Detroit on par with Florence,
Rome, NewYorkCity andParis.
Salort-Pons noted 2009 staff layoffs,
and the subsequentmillage approval.
“This has been an extraordinary trans-
formation for the museum,” he said of the
millage.
He recalled the City of Detroit bank-
ruptcy, when the DIA was a city depart-
ment.
“For manymonths, we thought the col-
lections would be sold. That was hard, it
was terrible,” he recalled.
He showed several pieces such as
Vincent van Gogh's “Self-Portrait” and
Pieter Bruegel's “The Wedding Dance.”
DIA staff did exhaustive research on art-
work value, he said, and discovered some
bequests precluding sales.
“The bankruptcy ended, the museum
was saved,” Salort-Pons said. “In a way, I
thinkwe own our fate.”
In 2015, The Wall Street Journal called
theDIA themost “user-friendly”museum.
“We believe we are the town square of the
community,” said Salort-Pons, who
recalled Madrid, Spain, of his youth and
the town square there.
He was introduced by Don Soenen,
president of the Plymouth Arts &
Recreation Complex (PARC). A communi-
ty effort is under way seeking donations
and a millage to repurpose the former
Central Middle School in downtown
Plymouth.
“Soenen is proud of the Inside/Out DIA
reproductions shown recently in
Plymouth. He and others are working
with the DIA and (to) really make them a
householdname inPlymouth.”
Salort-Pons noted efforts to represent
African American art at the museum.
“People come to my office with com-
plaints, with tornadoes,” he said some-
what in jest, showing a tornado-themed
piece by anAfricanAmerican artist.
He and colleagues also are working to
diversify staff, the board, and audience.
Salort-Pons is proud of recent
ContemporaryArt hires.
He noted the building on Woodward
can intimidate some fromits exterior.
“In my country, there are many build-
ings like that.” He'd like to light up the
DIAat night inpink, green or other hues.
He noted previous fundraising was for
city pensions, and with his goal of being
financially independent by 2023 it's a big
challenge.
“We have a lot of work to do,” Salort-
Pons toldRotarians.
He's proud of school field trips, teacher
training, a senior program, the “DIA
Away: Think Like an Artist” mobile class-
room in a trailer, and other partnerships.
Salort-Pons also looks forward to the Nov.
4AsianGalleries opening.
He noted the millage goes beyond dol-
lars and cents.
“It has changed the culture of the
organization” toward being outward-
focused, he said.
He said in addition to African
Americans he hopes more Latinos, Arab
Americans and Asians will visit. Free
admission for Wayne, Oakland and
Macomb county residents has boosted
attendance, he agreed.
Salort-Pons said he is proud, too, of the
Inside/Out reproductions.
“People love them, people protect
them,” he said, adding that a woman
called him from a Bloomfield Hills site to
say she and her husband were guarding
the artwork.
Salort-Pons has set a one million goal
for 2022 attendance, noting it was about
770,000 last year.
Price and reported to Mitchell.
All three were active with
Republican Party in Livonia and
were well acquainted, according
to township employees.
It was reported Mitchell held
two jobs in addition to his politi-
cal activities, during his tenure
with Plymouth Township; one as
manager of the township park
and the otherwith an automotive
supply firm in Mexico, where his
wife was working for an automo-
tivemanufacturer.
Trustee Bob Doroshewitz
claims there was evidence that
some of the stolen items were
knowingly purchased at the end
of the township executives'
terms, after the primary election.
“The equipment was pur-
chased after the voters threw
them out of office,” Doroshewitz
declared.
Township records revealed an
off-season purchase Nov. 10 from
a Farmington supply dealer
tagged “Miscellaneous Park
Supplies.” The invoice lists two
gas trimmers, a back-pack blow-
er and a small lawn mower that
total $1811.92. No check receipt
or purchase authorizations were
found for the Ex-Mark
Commercial-30, walk-behind
mower that was purchased from
the same dealership, one of the
larger items seized during the
searchofMitchell's residence.
According to federal officials,
the case against Mitchell is part
of a wide-ranging corruption
investigation centered in
Macomb County involving
bribery and public corruption in
the awarding of trash hauling
and other municipal contracts.
This is the first indictment of a
WayneCounty official.
Plymouth
Township
Supervisor Kurt Heise, who has
been a strong critic of the former
administration, including Price,
indicated that he suspected that
be more charges could be forth-
coming.
“We all know the Price admin-
istration terminated early the
contract of our former waste
hauler and gave a 7-year deal to
Rizzo Waste in 2015. There is
also well-documented collusion
and interference by Rizzo Waste
in the 2016 Plymouth Township
elections, where Rizzo attorneys
using darkmoney PACs (Political
Action Committees) harassed
candidates and sued to remove
two candidates from the ballot,
costing Plymouth Township tax-
payers tens of thousands of dol-
lars in legal fees,” Heise said in a
prepared statement.
Heise thanked the FBI and
Police Chief TomTiderington for
the work on the investigation
into this matter. The investiga-
tion was referred to federal
authorities to avoid any conflict
of interest with state officials,
Heise said. Price worked in the
department of constituent rela-
tions for Michigan State Attorney
Bill Schuette from 2011 until
2015. Schuette conducted
fundraisers and provided politi-
cal endorsements for Price dur-
ing his campaigns for 11th
District
Wayne
County
Commissioner and then
PlymouthTownship supervisor.
Heise suggested that further
investigation into the situation
was stronglywarranted.
“The former township admin-
istration hired and retained Mr.
Mitchell. The public now
deserves answers - what did they
know and when did they know
it?” he said.
“I would encourage anyone
with information about potential
public corruption in Michigan to
contact the Detroit FBI's Public
Corruption tip line at (313) 965-
2222 or our main number (313)
965-2323,” saidPeterson.
The case is being prosecuted
by Assistant U.S. Attorney R.
Michael Bullotta.
Charges
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Julie Brown
Special Writer
Rotary President Kent Early, from left, welcomed DIA President Salvador Salort-Pons as
the speaker last week. Also on hand were Plymouth Arts and Recreation Complex
(PARC) Executive Director Gail Grieger and President Don Soenen.
Photo by Dave Willett
Veterans set Fish Frys
Plymouth VFW Post 6695 will
host Friday Night Fish Frys from
5-7 p.m. every Friday night dur-
ing Lent. The fish frys will con-
tinue throughMarch 30.
Menu choices include cod,
walleye, shrimp or chicken
strips. Dinners include French
fries, baked potato or macaroni
and cheese, cole slaw, roll and
butter and coffee.
There will also be 50-50 raf-
fles during the dinners.
The Plymouth VFW Post is
located at 1426 S Mill St. near
Lilley Road just north of Ann
ArborRoad.
Church serves Lenten dinners
St. Mary Catholic Church of
Wayne will serve Fish Fry din-
ners from 4-7 p.m. every Friday
through March 30 at the church,
34530MichiganAve. inWayne.
There are a variety of choices
available including baked
salmon, fried cod, baked fish,
shrimp and macaroni and
cheese in various combinations.
The dinners range in price
from $6 to $12 and extra items
are available for purchase with
meals including individual fish
pieces, baked potato, French
fries andmacaroni and cheese.
All dinners are served with
cole slaw, roll and a choice of
water, lemonade or coffee.
Cruise raffle under way
Two lucky people will cruise
the British Isles for 12 days for
the grand total of only $50.
The Michigan Philharmonic
will sell 400 raffle tickets at $50
each for the cruise, which
includes round trip airfare for
two. The lucky winner will cruse
from Aug. 17 through 29 aboard
thePrincess CruiseLines.
The cruise will depart from
Southampton, England and
include ports of call at Guernsey
and the Channel Islands in
England; Cork and Dublin in
Ireland, Belfast in Northern
Ireland; Glasgow, Inverness,
Loch Ness and Edinburgh in
Scotland and Paris and
Normandy in France.
Passengers will also cruise the
NorthSea for two days.
The drawing for the winner of
the cruise is planned for April 14
at the Plymouth Arts and
Recreation Complex (PARC) and
the winner will be contacted that
day. Ticket holders need not be
present at the drawing towin.
For tickets or information,
call (734) 451-2112.
Food for Fines offered at library
For the sixth consecutive year,
the Romulus Public Library will
participate in the Food for Fines
campaign throughApril 29.
Bring non-perishable food to
the library and $1 in fines on
library materials will be forgiven
for each item. Food will then be
donated to the Helping Hand
FoodBank inRomulus.
Food for Fines cannot be
used for lost items or collection
fees and cannot be accepted
items that are past the expiration
date.
Donations will be accepted
for thosewithout fines aswell.
The library is located at 11121
Wayne Road. For information,
call (734) 942-7589 or access
Rotarians host a luau
The Rotary Club of Westland
will host a Luau Party beginning
at 5:30 p.m. March 23 at Joy
Manor.
The event will feature the
Spirit of Aloha Hula Dancers,
dinner, an open bar, a live auc-
tion, music and dancing. Dress in
the spirit of the Big Island is
encouraged.
Tickets are priced at $50 per
person and available by calling
or texting (734) 776-7641.
Joy Manor is located at 28999
Joy Road in Westland. The
Westland Rotary Charitable
Foundation is a 501 c 3 entity and
all proceeds will benefit the
Westland Rotary Club and chari-
ties it supports in the community.
Night Circus draws artists
The Plymouth Community
Arts Council is hosting Drawn to
the Night Circus from 7-9 p.m.
March 23 at 774 North Sheldon
Road inPlymouth.
Artists should bring there own
art supplies for the uninstructed
open life drawing event for
artists of all ages and levels to
practice drawing the human
form. This month, the model
brings a touch of magic, mystery
and wonder in the circus-
inspired event hosted by Josie
Lapczynski.
The fee for the workshop is
$10 at the door or $5 for students.
There will be complimentary
refreshments.
For more information, visit
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