No. 16
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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April 20 – 26, 2017
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Dozens of children in the
Wayne/Westland Community
had a happier Easter, thanks
to the staff at Beaumont
Hospital,Wayne.
See page 5.
Maybury Farm will again
offer Farm Camp for chil-
dren this summer, designed
to allow children to discover
the connections they have
with animals, agriculture
and farms.
See page 4.
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Volunteers at Junior
Achievement
of
Southeastern Michigan are
helping students at Romulus
High School better under-
stand the economics of busi-
ness.
See page 3.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Mayor William Wild pre-
sented the members of city
council a $66,361,098 bal-
anced budget for considera-
tion earlier thismonth.
See page 5.
Members of the Canton
Township Board of Trustees
are taking pre-emptive
active to ensure continued
ethical conduct in all their
official dealings.
See page 2.
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The Inkster Beautifica-
tion committee members
have planned several dates
for volunteer clean up of the
community this year.
See page 6.
Former
Plymouth
Township
Supervisor
Shannon Price is among the
20 state employees named in
a lawsuit seeking personal
emails from State Attorney
General Bill Schuette.
See page 4.
State Rep. Kristy Pagan
(D-Canton) was joined by
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie
Dingell (MI-12) for a town
hall at Belleville High
School recently.
See page 3.
EarthDay inWestlandwill be
marked with recognition of past
accomplishments along with
plans for future energy con-
scious efforts.
The eighth annual Earth Day
celebration will take place at 3
p.m. tomorrow at Westland City
Hall and include the burial of a
time capsule to be opened dur-
ing the 100th anniversary of the
city in 2066.
Included in the time capsule
will be items collected fromresi-
dents, businesses, city officials
and various civic organizations
that detail life in Westland as it
is during the present day.
During a celebration of the 50th
anniversary of the city last year,
officials opened a time capsule
buried half a century ago which
contained artifacts and items
fromthe 1960s
“Opening the city's original
time capsule was exciting and
fascinating,” commented Mayor
WilliamWild. “We have worked
closely with the Westland
Historic Commission to ensure
that in 50 years, when the new
capsule is exhumed, they will
have an insight into what it was
like inWestland and howour All
AmericanCity developed.”
During the Earth Day cele-
bration tomorrow, Wild will be
presenting the coveted
Mission:Green Eco-Award to
DTE Energy in recognition of
the partnership which saw the
replacement of 2,862 mercury
vapor streetlights with energy-
efficient LED lights in the city;
toDavidMiller, president of Duo
Guard for donating an electric
vehicle charging station to the
city and to State Rep. Robert
Kosowski for helping to secure a
$150,000 grant from the
Department of Natural
Resources for the recreation
complex at Jefferson Barns
Community Vitality Center and
a separate $100,000 grant from
the Michigan Economic
Development Corporation for
the Lincoln Field recreation
complex.
“As part of my Mission:Green
initiative, I use our Annual
Earth Day Celebration to recog-
nize members of the community
who have shown dedication to
A Northville doctor has been
charged with the genital mutila-
tion of two 7-year-old girls
although federal agents believe
many more children may have
been subjected to the surgical
procedure performed in her
Livonia office.
Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, 44,
was arrested last Thursday by
federal agents and appeared in
U.S. District Court Monday when
U.S. Magistrate Judge Mona
Majzoub ordered her jailed until
his next court appearance on the
charges. The judge called
Nagarwala “a danger to the com-
munity.” Nagarwala is facing 5
years imprisonment on the geni-
tal mutilation charge, which is
considered a criminal sex act,
along with another 5-year sen-
tence for transportation of an
individual with intent to engage
in criminal sexual activity.
She is accused of performing
genital mutilation on two 7-year-
old girls brought to the area from
Minnesota by their parents to
have the procedure, a practice of
some religious sects in Africa,
theMiddleEast andAsia.
Agents from the United States
Attorney's Office for the District
of Eastern Michigan said in a
statement that they believe this is
the first such prosecution in the
country under the federal female
genital mutilation law. The
indictment
claims
that
Nagarwala may have performed
the procedure on girls as young
as 6. Nagarwala’s attorney,
Shannon Smith told the court
Monday that Nagarwala per-
formed a “cleansing” of the chil-
dren, not a genital mutilation.
Smith had no response to
Majzoub’s questions as to why
therewere no records of the chil-
dren’s visits and no billing
records. She demanded Smith
explain exactly what Nagarwala
did to the children during the
after-hours visits. Smith charac-
terized the procedures as “a
scraping of amembrane.”
“According to the complaint,
despite her oath to care for her
patients, Dr. Nagarwala is
alleged to have performed horri-
fying acts of brutality on themost
vulnerable victims,” Acting
Assistant Attorney General
Dr. Nagarwala is alleged
to have performed
horrifying acts of brutality
on the most vulnerable victims.
”
See
Doctor,
page 4
Northville doctor charged with mutilation
Linda Siegrist is grateful the
second annual Greater
Plymouth Service Project will
take place on Saturday, May 13,
at the Plymouth Arts &
Recreation Complex (PARC) in
downtownPlymouth.
“Oh, absolutely,” the
Plymouth Township resident
said of the anti-hunger effort.
Her husband, Dave Siegrist,
who on Jan. 1 lost his battle
with cancer at age 63, had the
vision for last the inaugural
service event last spring.
“He had that vision of trying
to unite the community. He
would tell me, 'I've never start-
ed a project I haven't success-
fully finished,'” she said. “He
just put his whole heart and
soul into it.”
“He had this vision of con-
necting all the service clubs
together,” said Nick Schultz of
Plymouth Township, chairman
of the event this year. He
added that connection quickly
branched out to include
churches and school groups.
Dave Siegrist was a long-
timeColonial Kiwanismember
and headed the Community
Foundation of Plymouth, affili-
ated with the Ann Arbor
Foundation.
“He never complained,
never made it his focus,”
Schultz said of Siegrist's illness.
A volunteer committee is
carrying on theMay 13 event to
benefit the Kids Coalition
Against Hunger. Like last year,
volunteers will gather at PARC
to packagemeals.
Committee members said
they were gratified that nearly
$40,000 of the $70,000 goal for
this year had been collected by
mid-March. That will provide
250,000 adult meals, Schultz
said. He said he was also
pleased with the number of
young volunteers scheduled to
participate.
“This is something they can
identify with, get their hands
around,” Schultz added.
Donations can also be made
online
at
and registrations to volunteer
are also welcome at the web-
site. Doug Wallace of Plymouth
Township, membership direc-
tor for the Plymouth
Community Chamber of
Commerce, also has volunteer
information at (734) 453-1540.
The goal is to recruit 1,550
volunteers, Wallace said he's
pleased NorthRidge Church
has donated $15,000.
“They're planning on bring-
ing 300 volunteers, which is
great,”Wallace said.
Linda Siegrist said the vol-
unteers enjoy a sense of com-
munity.
“They were so grateful to
have this opportunity to come
together as a unified group. I
feel the community has
become a family.”
Dave Siegrist was an avid
golfer, hunter and fisherman.
“He went to Scotland, and to
Alaska several times. He had a
family member who lived
there,” she said.
The couple has three grown
children, two in Texas and son,
Michael, who is the Canton
TownshipClerk.
Dave was a CPA and invest-
ment advisor. “He loved the
challenge, anything unusual
that came up,” his wife of 38
years, said. She's also a CPA
and the couple worked togeth-
er.
“He thrived on the chal-
lenge,” she recalled.
Schultz urged the public to
volunteer for the Greater
Plymouth Service Project,
“and it's Mother's Day week-
end, too. That's kind of a nice
time,” he said.
Day of
service
Kiwanis event pays
tribute to founder
Volunteers of all ages and from every civic and student group crowded the Plymouth Arts and
Recreation Complex last year for the Greater Plymouth Service Project set for May 13 this year.
Dave Siegrist
See
Earth Day,
page 5
Opening the city's
original time capsule
was exciting
and fascinating.
”
Westland Earth Day honors ‘green’ efforts
