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April 7, 2016
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$3.9 million in street repairs planned
Spotlight Players to present Guys & Dolls
Police investigators seeking information about homicide
Genealogists to meet, provide research tips
Lottery winners in Canton
Township will see $3.6 million in
street repairs to local subdivi-
sions.
The locations for the repairs in
the townshipwere chosen through
a local lottery last year that select-
ed the 13 neighborhoods which
were to receive $1.5 million in
funding for street repairs from
Wayne County. The project was
delayed from the scheduled start
date last summer. Sevenmore sub-
divisions were added to the list of
those to receive repairs when
another $1.5 million was allocated
by the county.
The balance of the repairs, or
about $600,000 will be paid by the
homeowners associations in the
subdivisions, as the project
requires 20 percent in matching
funds.
Township Supervisor Phil
LaJoy said the project would cer-
tainly provide a smoother ride in
many areas, but did not include all
the repairs necessary to area
roads.
Members of the Canton
Township Board of Trustees have
awarded a contract for $629,219 to
Hutch Paving Co. to perform
asphalt repairs in some areas of
the township and awarded a con-
tract to Florence Cement Co. for
$2.4 million in concrete replace-
ment.
The pavement repairs are
expected to begin in late spring
and continue through November,
officials said.
Neighborhoods slated for
repair include: Forest Brook,
Meadow Brook, Century Farms,
Oakvale/Stonegate, Fairways West,
Willow Homes, Nowland Estates,
CantonCountry Acres, Huntington
Place No. 1, River Woods, Salem
Manor, Royal Pointe and
Glengarry No. 1. Added to the list
this year were: Windsor Park,
BrooksideNo. 5, MeadowVillages,
Sunflower and the Glengarry sub-
divisions.
One of the most popular
Broadway musicals comes to the
main stage of The Village
Theater at Cherry Hill, when
Spotlight Players presents Guys
and Dolls April 15-17 and April
22-24.
This production of Guys and
Dolls features a cast of 25 per-
formers, including several family
members.
Kurt Bowen who plays Sky
Masterson, will join his wife,
Tracey, on stage for a second
time.
“It's what we both love to do
more than anything else - sing
and perform,” he said. “The only
thing better than being on stage,
is being on stage together. Since
shows demand such a substantial
time commitment from those
involved, it also gives us more
opportunity to spend quality time
with each other. In fact, we try to
pick shows to audition for that we
believe would give us both the
greatest probability of being cast,
which brought us to Spotlight's
production of Guys andDolls.”
Don Barrow, who plays Big
Jule, enjoys working with his
partner, Robert Doyle.
“With his experience in the-
ater and his help, I am always
able to learn a new trick or two to
get the audience to understand
my character better.”
Bethany Taylor is thrilled to
perform next to her sister,
Harmony, and father, Tim, in
their first community production
withSpotlight Players.
“It's hilarious watching my
Dad learn the dances and inter-
act with the other 'gamblers,” she
said. “I also really like seeing my
sister enjoying her passion. It has
been great to have the opportuni-
ty to do somethingwe all love, but
to do it together as a family.”
Friday and Saturday perform-
ances at 8 p.m. and Sunday per-
formances at 2 p.m.
Tickets range from $16-$18
and can be purchased by calling
the box office at (734) 394-5300 or
visiting
-
ater.org. Tickets are also avail-
able for purchase at the box
office one hour prior to show
time.
The Village Theater is located
at Cherry Hill, located at 50400
CherryHill Road, Canton.
The next meeting of the
Northville Genealogy Society
will include two noted speakers.
Mary Hazlett has done exten-
sive research in Ohio and will
share her procedures for effec-
tively conducting research on
Ohio ancestors during a round-
table discussion set to begin at
1:15 p.m.
Kathy Petlewski, genealogical
specialist at the Plymouth
Library, will discuss immigration
and naturalization records. She
will demonstrate ways to gain
access to records immigration
efforts, often the way to deter-
minewhere ancestors were from
overseas.
The public is invited to attend
the meeting free of charge on
Sunday, April 10 with the round-
table, Researching in Ohio, fol-
lowed by a short business meet-
ing and refreshments at 2:30.
Petlewski is scheduled to
speak on Immigration and
Naturalization at 3 p.m.
The meeting is planned at the
Northville District Library, 212
West Cady, inNorthville.
For more information contact
Grace Wilfong at (248) 349-9079
or
visit
.
com/~mings.
Michigan State Police are con-
tinuing to investigate the shooting
last week of a man well-known to
lawenforcement.
According to police reports,
state troopers and Inkster police
officers were called to a yard in
the 1400 block of Jeffrey Lane
near Parkwood Street at about
12:15 a.m. March 31.
Inkster officers and Michigan
State Police Secure Cities
Troopers arrived following the 911
call reporting a man lying in a
yard at the location. Officers
found a deceased man in the yard
in front of 1405 Jeffrey Lane. After
calling theWayne County Coroner,
investigators secured and
processed the scene where they
found shell casings in the area.
Police said that interviews of
witnesses are continuing at this
time and that the family of the
deceasedhas beennotified.
“This was not a random shoot-
ing and the victimiswell known to
law enforcement,” a police
spokesman said. “Anyone with
information is asked to contact
crime stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK
UP.”
No further information is being
released regarding the incident,
police said.
