No. 13
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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March 29 – April 4, 2018
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The first phase of the
Wayne Main Street Derby's
Alley placemaking project
has been complete.
See page 5.
A Detroit man facing mul-
tiple charges in a violent
home invasion in Northville
Township will remain in
Wayne County Jail until his
new trial date, April 30.
See page 4.
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The athletic fields at
Romulus High School will
see $12,000 in much-needed
repairs next month and will
reopen for use when com-
plete.
See page 3.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
The preparation of a five-
year budget plan for the
Westland water and waste-
water departments will
include some professional
financial advice.
See page 5.
Canton Leisure Services
received special statewide
recognition at the 2018
mParks Annual Conference
and Trade Show which took
place lastmonth.
See page 4.
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State Rep. Jewell Jones
(D-Inkster) attended the 2018
Justice
Reform
and
Community Reinvestment
Policy Academy in New
Orleans recently.
See page 2.
Professional counselors
agree that the impact of
social media in recent
threats of violence at schools
and on teens in general can-
not yet be predicted.
See page 2.
During Celebration of
Smiles month, professional
photographer
Susan
Richardson and Therese
Antoneilli
will
host
Headshots for Humanity, to
benefit Operation Smile.
See page 3.
Forrest Julian Neal, IV is fac-
ing up to life in prison following
a shooting that took place March
20 outside a Ford Road gas sta-
tion inCantonTownship.
According to police reports,
officers responded to a 911 call
at about 2:45 last Tuesday to the
Valero gas station on Ford Road
and Haggerty. Officers found a
man in his 20s who had been
shot one time by an acquain-
tance, reports stated.
Reportedly, the two were
employed at the same automo-
tivemanufacturer and the shoot-
ing was the result of an argu-
ment. The injured man was
transported to an area hospital
by firefight/medics from the
Canton
Public
Safety
Department for medical treat-
ment of his injury. A family
member said he had been shot
in the face but that report was
unverified by police. The injury
was described by police as “very,
very serious.”
Neal was identified at the
scene at taken into police cus-
tody along with a semiautomatic
pistol, suspected to have been
the weapon used in the shooting,
without incident, police said.
“There is no further threat to
the community,” a police
spokesperson said, and no fur-
ther injurieswere reported.
Neal, 23, was arraigned in
35th District Court last Friday,
March 23, before Judge James
Plakas on a five-court warrant.
He faces charges including
assault with intent to murder,
which carries a life or any num-
ber of years sentence; assault
with intent to do great bodily
harm less thanmurder, a 10-year
felony; assault with a dangerous
weapon, a four-year felony and
two counts of felony firearm, 2-
year felonies.
Plakas set Neal's bond at $1
million, cash, no 10 percent and
no contact with the victim A
probable cause court hearing is
set for April 6 and a preliminary
court hearing on the charges is
set for April 13, both at the 35th
District Court.
Police have not released the
name of the shooting victim but
said that he and Neal were
“acquainted” and that the shoot-
ing was the result of an argu-
ment.
Two Plymouth Township
house fires in just over 24 hours
kept area firefighters busy this
week.
A total of 18 firefighters from
three departments responded to a
garage fire on Sunday afternoon
inPlymouthTownship.
Seven firefighters on duty at
the three Plymouth Township fire
stations responded to the location
on General Drive with the first
units arriving in just over 4 min-
utes to find flames shooting out
the garage door. Mutual aid was
summoned from Northville-
Plymouth City and Northville
Township fire departments. One
resident suffered burns to his
hands and was treated at a local
hospital.
Huron
Valley
Ambulance, also on the scene,
said the resident declined trans-
port to a hospital for treatment of
the injury.
Plymouth Township Fire
Captain Dave Fox estimated the
damage to the home at approxi-
mately $100,000. Firefighters had
the fire under control in 45 min-
utes.
Shooting suspect facing life in prison
Fire fighters battle 2 blazes over weekend
Forrest Julian Neal, IV
Going
FIRST
Area students
participate in
robotics display
Kiren Moore, 18, and
Hadlee Chubb, 17, both
Plymouth Christian Academy
seniors, were eager to get start-
ed at the recent FIRST Power
Up district event last weekend
at BellevilleHighSchool.
“I really loved it,” said
Chubb of her robotics start in
middle school. “It is a lot of
fun.”
Moore's parents encouraged
him in part due to extensive
scholarships offered.
“Freshman year, my parents
forced me to do it,” he said
while standing by the team
robot at the March 22-23 event.
“But then I really enjoyed it.
I'mgoing to be an engineer.”
He'll likely pursue a career
in robotics or mechanical engi-
neering, while Chubb is
focused on computer engineer-
ing. It's his fourth year in robot-
ics, her third for high school.
Like the other 40-some
teams competing at the district
level, Plymouth Christian stu-
dents began work on their
robot in early January, building
it from scratch. “Basically,
we're a student-led team,” said
Moore, who does electrical
work on the robot while Chubb
does programming for their
teamcalledTheAtomsFamily.
“We're hoping to win this
one and then go onto states,”
Moore said.
Belleville High School was
a beehive of activitywith teams
wheeling robots in to compete
and trouble-shooting last-
minute problems. The Wayne
Memorial High School Zebra
team included Hank Garrett,
16, a sophomore in his first
year of robotics.
“Building experience, part-
nership, friends,” said Garrett
of what he's gained. He's hop-
ing to attend Michigan State
University in engineering.
Zebra team mentor is Karl
Heinrich, a 2005 graduate of
the school who's mentored for
10 years and works for
Valvoline Instant Oil Change.
“To see the smiles on the kids'
faces,” said Heinrich. “It got
me hooked in eighth grade. I
basically never left.”
Students get “real hands-on
training and life skills they can
use outside this program,”
Heinrich said of the Wayne
Memorial team of about 13 stu-
dents.
The Belleville High School
Belle-Voxel Bots were glad to
be participating and hosting.
Team members include
Brandon Johns, 15, a sopho-
more, Trinity Campbell, 16, a
junior, Corbin Fields, 16, a jun-
ior and Robby Pause, 16, a
sophomore.
“Hopefully,” Pause said of
the team chances for advanc-
ing in the competition.
“We built it, we're proud of it
and we're confident in its abili-
ty to dowell,”Fields said.
“We had to design the robot
and then work through all the
problems that came up.” He
chose ornamental headgear
that day “for the pure amuse-
ment of it,” Pause said.”
Student teams advanced to
playoff rounds in the “pits” to
garner awards at the event
which was sponsored by the
DTEEnergyFoundation.
Julie Brown
Special Writer
Students from Plymouth Christian Academy, from left, Hadlee Chubb, Zach Racho, BJ Blune, Kiren
Moore and Keith Brown are proud of their robot. They're The Atoms Family team.
Photos by Julie Brown
Belleville High School Belle-Voxel Bots include, from left, Brandon
Johns, Corbin Fields and Robby Pause.
Hank Garrett is part of The
Wayne Memorial High School
robotics team, the Wayne
Zebras.
Don Howard
Staff Writer
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