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THE BELLEVILLE State legislator facing multiple charges after crash
ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE
State Rep. Jewell Jones, D-
Vol. 136, No. 16 Inkster, 26, was arraigned ” needed medical care. Jones
became extremely confronta-
Following heated discus- Friday on multiple charges State troopers used tional at the scene with both
sion, members of the stemming from a single-car emergency medical techni-
Sumpter Township Board of accident last week when he a Taser and pepper cians and police, the prosecu-
Trustees last week terminat- crashed his Chevy Tahoe into a spray in an effort tor said. He produced badges of
ed firefighter Colleen ditch. various types rather than the
Armatis in connection with Jones is charged with four to subdue him. identification requested by offi-
payroll irregularities. counts of resisting and cers to show “his status of
See page 5. obstructing a police officer importance, as he put it,” the
which is punishable by up to 53rd District Court in Howell, prosecutor told the magistrate
THE CANTON two years in prison. Jones is prosecutors said that Jones was during the arraignment.
EAGLE separately charged with resist- so adversarial and confronta- Additionally, officers found a
EAGLE
ing and obstructing two
semi-automatic .40 caliber
tional at the scene of the crash
Vol. 74, No. 16 Michigan State Police troopers, on I-96, state troopers used a Glock handgun in the cup hold-
one Fowlerville police officer Taser and pepper spray in an er of the vehicle.
Canton Township has and one paramedic, according effort to subdue him. Magistrate Jerry Sherwood
scheduled vaccination clin- to the court complaint. Prosecutors alleged in court released Jones, who was arrest-
ics each week through the He is also charged with that Jones was driving so errati- ed and spent the night of the
end of June, and the effort is operating a motor vehicle with cally before crashing into a accident in jail and was State Rep. Jewell Jones
in need of volunteer assis- a high blood alcohol content, ditch April 6 that numerous released the next morning, on a
tants. operating a motor vehicle calls were placed to 911 by $15,000 personal bond and Jones is currently serving
See page 3. while intoxicated, possession of other drivers on the express- ordered him to abstain from his third term as a state law-
a weapon while under the way. Most identified his vehicle alcohol, illegal drugs and recre- maker in the 11th District,
THE INKSTER influence of alcohol and reck- by the vanity plate which read ational marijuana, submit to which covers Inkster, Garden
LEDGER STAR less driving. Jones had a blood ELECTED. random drug and alcohol test- City and a portion of Westland.
LEDGER STAR
ing, and surrender to the
Following his term on the
When troopers arrived on
alcohol content of at least 0.17
Vol. 74, No. 16 percent, according to the prose- the scene, they found Jones Michigan State Police all Inkster City Council, he was
The U. S. Department of cutor, which is more than twice behind the wheel of the dam- weapons except those he needs elected as the youngest-ever
Housing and Urban the legal limit of 0.08 percent aged vehicle along with an for his Michigan National state House representative at
Development (HUD) has During the arraignment in unidentified passenger who Guard duty. the age of 20.
awarded the Inkster
Housing Commission
$227,860 under the Resident Talking trash
Opportunity and Self-
Sufficiency (ROSS) Grant Residential recycling
program.
See page 6. education is planned
THE NORTHVILLE
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EAGLE Canton Township residents are about to

Vol. 210, No. 16 get schooled in the art of recycling.
Canton Township launched Feet on the
A program created by Street, a cart-tagging recycling campaign
Northville Township last week, with awareness and outreach
Community Service Ofc. activities to continue through the spring
Andrew Domzalski to across the township.
respond more effectively It's a new effort by Canton Township to
with those with autism has improve the quality of recycling in single-
been adopted across the stream curbside carts by providing the
state. approximately 28,000 township households
See page 4.
with personalized and real-time curbside The township is teaming with the to do just that.”
recycling education and feedback. Michigan Department of Environment, The Feet on the Street program is intend-
THE PLYMOUTH “Recycling is not only the right thing to Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) and nation- ed to increase the amount of quality recy-
EAGLE
EAGLE do, it is the smart thing to do - and this pro- al nonprofit The Recycling Partnership clables so that items accepted for recycling

Vol. 21, No. 16 gram represents a major step forward for (TRP) to introduce the community-wide are guaranteed to make their way back into
project which is aimed at improving the
new products. Achieving that quality stan-
recycling in our community,” said Canton
Members of the Plymouth Township Supervisor Anne Marie Graham- quality of materials residents recycle in dard in recycled materials ensures they can
City Commission heard Hudak. their curbside recycling carts during 2021. circulate back in the recycling system to
plans for the redrawing of Included in the Feet on the Street pro- Canton Township is among more than become new products or packaging while
national and state voting dis- gram is a comprehensive education and out- 100 Michigan communities representing also reducing the amount of non-recyclables
tricts recently. reach strategy that involves a team of com- 300,000-plus households statewide that in recycling carts.
See page 3. munity-based observers - essentially a requested funding support from EGLE total- Developed by The Recycling
squad of “recycling detectives” - who will ing $800,000 in individual grants, including Partnership, the nationally acclaimed pro-
THE ROMULUS visit each Canton Township residential recy- $85,263 to Canton Township. gram helps communities achieve economi-
ROMAN
ROMAN cling cart and provide tailored feedback on “Recycling properly not only saves our cally efficient recycling programs, reduces

Vol. 136, No. 16 how to improve items that make it into the taxpayers money by reducing the cost of the number of new resources used in pack-
container. processing at the materials recovery facility, aging by providing more recycled content
Romulus Mayor Leroy In addition, the education campaign will but it also supports jobs and improves the for new products, and improves the cleanli-
Burcroff recently asked resi- target approximately 28,000 single-family health of the environment,” Graham-Hudak ness of communities.
dents to "pardon the dust" in households in the proposed project area said. “We know Canton Township residents Recipients of the Feet on the Street print
the city as various communi- using direct mail pieces and social media want to recycle the right way. Through this and electronic informational fliers will be
ty infrastructure projects messaging, as well as concentrated tagging Feet on the Street campaign, we are provid-
continue construction. efforts that address contamination. ing them customized, immediate feedback See Recycle, page 3
See page 5.

THE WAYNE Westland reports success with educational outreach program
EAGLE Westland has experienced ” on the city cable station.
EAGLE
Since these citywide edu-
Vol. 74, No. 16 a massive reduction of con- Westland was among the first communities cational efforts, Westland has
taminated recycling loads fol-
Wayne Main Street is part- lowing education efforts in in the area to begin a seen a significant drop in the
nering with members of the the city. municipal recycling program. percentage of contaminated
Rotary Club of Wayne and the Mayor William R. Wild loads to 9 percent or less in
Friends of the Rouge to con- said the increased recycling the last three months, offi-
duct a city-wide cleanup this quality is due to the compre- reach,” commented Wild. posal fees for loads that are cials said.
Saturday. hensive efforts to educate Westland was among the contaminated with food or Since inception in 2009,
See page 2. residents about the correct first communities in the area other, non-recyclable items. the Westland curbside recy-
items that qualify for the to begin a municipal recy- In September, a high of 56 cling program has resulted in
THE WESTLAND recycling bins. cling program which had to percent of Westland 51 loads 100,000,000 pounds of
EAGLE “As part of the city's strate- be suspended in 2019, due to were rejected as contaminat- processed recycling. For
EAGLE
Vol. 74, No. 16 gy to improve recycling quali- increased processing costs. ed and non-recyclable. more information on the city
The popular residential
recycling program, visit
In November of 2020, the
ty, the City of Westland has
Dennis G. Fassett, 85, who also established an interac- program was reinstated last city launched a comprehen- www.cityofwestland.com.
was the first Westland tive map which will allow the July but during the early sive education initiative Residents can also visit
Community Relations sanitation department to months, the number of con- which included information- www.recyclingsimplified.com
Consultant and a Managing identify the routes of contam- taminated loads became a al packets hand-delivered to to further educate them-
Editor of Associated inated loads in order to iden- costly issue. The city, like oth- all residential households, selves about the acceptable
Newspapers, died at his tify which neighborhoods ers recycling customers, pays the use of social media, water items that can be safely and
home in Pennsylvania April 8. may require additional out- a penalty plus additional dis- bill inserts, and promotions productively recycled.
See page 2.

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