No. 19
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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May 7 – 13, 2015
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Tonight and again next
Tuesday, members of the
Wayne City Council will con-
sider the closure of the com-
munity center in an effort to
balance the city budget.
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Wolverine Pro Wrestling
is hosting a fundraising
wrestling exhibition to help
a lifelong Romulus resident
in her battle with stage four
cancer.
See page 7.
Nearly 225 volunteers
cleaned the yards of 36
homes for senior citizens
and disabled adults in
Plymouth and Canton on
April 25.
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The City of Northville fire
department, which also
serves Plymouth is adopting
a digital plan technology to
strengthen
emergency
response.
See page 5.
Members of the Van
Buren Schools Board of
Education
recently
approved a 1-percent pay
increase for members of five
unions with bargaining
agreementswith the district.
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Veterans from throughout
the area are expected to
attend an open house from
10 a.m. until 6 p.m. this
Saturday sponsored by
American Legion Post 251 in
Westland.
See page 4.
The Michigan Recreation
and Park Association
(MRPA) honored the Canton
Farmers Market Master
Gardeners Groupwith a 2015
Community Service Award
lastmonth.
See page 5.
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Members of the Inkster
community are mourning
the death of well-known
businessman Fedele Bello,
the owner of Bello's Pizzeria,
who diedApril 4.
See page 7.
Voters in several local com-
munities will be asked to go to
the polls Aug. 4 to reduce the
number of candidates seeking
various city offices to two for
each expiring or vacant term.
The last day to register for the
August election is July 6.
For more information, call
the city clerk in the communi-
ty.
In Plymouth:
Nine candidates have filed
petitions for the four expiring
terms on the Plymouth City
Commission which will
require a primary election in
the city onAug. 4.
Incumbent Commissioner
Ed Hingelberg chose not to
seek re-election to the commis-
sion where he has served for
seven years. Hingleberg cited
personal reasons for his deci-
sion to stepdown.
Seeking election are incum-
bent commission members
Mike Wright, Dan Dalton and
Colleen Pobur. Also seeking
election to the commission are
Suzanne Deal, Charles
Gabbeart, Thomas Gina,
Robert Jablonski, Ed Krol and
JackWilson.
Wright is completing his
current four-year term while
Dalton is serving a two-year
term and Pobur is completing
the term of Meg Dooley who
resigned from her four-year
term as she moved from the
city. Pobur, who previously
served on the commission, was
appointed to the seat by the
commission members in
September.
Following the August pri-
mary which will eliminate one
candidate, the top eight vote-
getters will have their names
on the Nov. 3 ballot. In that
election, the top three vote get-
ters will win four-year terms
on the commission and the
fourth highest vote total will
win a two-year term.
The remaining three terms
on the commission will expire
in November of 2017 and
include Mayor Dan Dwyer and
commissioners
Diane
Bogenrieder and Oliver
Wolcott.
In Wayne:
Wayne voters will have two
choices on the November bal-
lot for the office of mayor.
Current City Councilwoman
Susan Rowe and Bob Boertje
have each filed the required
paperwork to be on the ballot.
Rowe made a bid for the
mayoral office in 2011 against
long-time Mayor Al Haidous,
who voters returned to office.
She has served on the city
council for more than 10 years.
The mayoral term is two years
andRowe has two years left on
her current council term.
Incumbent Mayor James
Hawley will not seek election
to the position. Hawley was
appointed to complete the
remainder of Haidous' term
when he was elected to a seat
on the Wayne County
Commission. Hawley could
return to complete his term on
the city council but has said he
is unsure if the limitations on
his time would allow him to
take on that responsibility
since he and his wife recently
purchased a retirement home
inFlorida.
Filing election petitions for
terms on city council were
Christopher Sanders in Ward
1. Sanders was the only candi-
date to file and will run in the
ward unopposed without the
involvement of a write-in can-
didate fromthe sameward.
Also running unopposed
from his ward is incumbent
Councilman John Rhaesa who
representsWard 2.
In Ward 3, incumbent
Councilman Lorne "Skip"
Monit will face challenger Tom
Porter.
The remaining two years on
the
term
of
former
Councilman James Henley
will also be on the ballot.
Henley resigned at the begin-
ning of his term and David
James was appointed to fill the
council seat until the next reg-
ular election. James did not
file to seek the remainder of
the at-large term. Anthony
Miller, who was appointed to
fill Hawley's council seat when
he was namedmayor, will seek
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Polls will be open Aug. 4 from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
and voters will choose the candidates to move
on to the general election slated for Nov. 3.
Primary elections slated in 4 cities
Nearly $1 million OK’d at special board meeting
Walk this way
Author, speaker celebrates
new book with signing event
Despite strong objections
from three trustees, a bid of
$712,130 was approved for
expansion to a parking lot at
Plymouth Township Park dur-
ing a special meeting of the
board last Thursday.
In addition, an expense of
about $200,000 was approved
for themoving of awater line as
part of the Wayne County Beck
Roadpaving project.
Trustee Bob Doroshewitz
was vocal in his criticism of the
expenses and the manner in
which they were presented to
the board. He noted that the
packet of information and
details were not provided to the
trustees until 24 hours prior to
the special meeting and also
objected to the increase in costs
for the parking lot.
Doroshewitz said that he
would expect expenses of this
magnitude to require more
than a perfunctory review and
automatic approval of board
members.
“I've had no time to read the
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If anybody knows how to
handle adversity, it's Ronnie
Bachman.
That immediate first
impression, Bachman says, is
what he counts on when he
makes his entrance on his
Amigo scooter at middle
school auditoriums and in cor-
porate meeting rooms across
the country.
“Pain is pain and people
realize that I am a guy who
understands that,” the double
amputee said. “The pain of
being bullied, the pain of being
different, the pain of being
stared at, it's all the same.
There is no age barrier, and
students understand immedi-
ately that I understand.”
When he was 4, Bachman's
parents made the heart-
wrenching decision to have
both his legs amputated due to
a growth deformity. Since then
he's known more than his
share of bullies and heard
more taunts and insults than
most do in a lifetime.
But Bachman grew up in a
home, he said, where no whin-
ing was tolerated. His parents
told him that having no legs
was his lot in life. They agreed
it was a terrible thing, but it
could be worse. He had his
parents and his two brothers,
they said, so what he needed
to do was and find some
friends.
That's exactly what he did,
he says. He found friends who
have helped him throughout
his life andhis career.
One of his messages to stu-
dents, he said, is that in this
life, there are no trade-ins.
“No matter how hard you wish
for it, tomorrowwhen you look
Ronnie Bachman
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Local residents were shocked at the cutting of trees in Plymouth Township Park last week to accom-
modate a new parking lot.
Photo by Helen Yancy
