The Michigan Recreation and Park
Association (MRPA) honored the Canton
Farmers Market Master Gardeners
Group with a 2015 Community Service
Award last month in East Lansing. The
award was presented in recognition and
appreciation for the group's contribu-
tions to theCanton community.
Established in 2010, the Canton
Farmers Market Master Gardeners
Group was created to provide free edu-
cation and resources for Canton resi-
dents and amateur gardeners of all ages.
These dedicated volunteers regularly
provide materials and conduct work-
shops and demonstrations at the Canton
Farmers Market, where they also diag-
nose plant and pest problems, hold plant
exchange programs, and answer garden-
ing questions. In addition, the Canton
FarmersMarketMaster Gardeners annu-
ally plant, tend, and harvest a large co-op
garden on the grounds of Preservation
Park and donate the resulting produce to
a local Domestic Violence Shelter for
women and children.
"This is a great honor for all of our
Master Gardeners to be recognized for
helping tomake Canton amore beautiful
place with their green thumbs and their
huge hearts," said Recreation
Coordinator Jennifer Provenzano.
"These committed volunteers continue to
inspire us with their dedication to the
environment and to the people of
Canton."
Throughout the growing season, the
group also oversees 40 community gar-
den plots by volunteering their expertise
and assistance. In addition, the group
members have developed special garden
plots at various locations throughout the
Canton community, including special
educational and therapeutic spaces such
as: a preschool Sunflower garden; a sen-
sory garden for Camp A.B.L.E., a sum-
mer camp for area childrenwith disabili-
ties; and a butterfly garden, which pro-
vides sensory outdoor experiences for
area adultswithdisabilities.
The Canton Farmers Market Master
Gardener Group includes Group Leader
Deirdre Hope Angie Cusac, Anna
Covach, Asha Carvalho, Carolyn Baetz,
Cindy Haas, Dennis Standiford, Don
Wellman, Gary Oswell, Jane Murphy,
Julie Wellman, Kim Sanders, Luann
Davis, Barb Johnson, Pat Johnson and
RonaWheeler.
The group of volunteers has become a
regular feature of the Canton Farmers
Market, a point of pride for Market
Manager TinaLloyd.
"It means a lot to us to be recognized
by our peers for the hard work that this
group selflessly provides week in and
week out during the market season," said
Lloyd. "It is important for our market-
goers to have a memorable experience
and having experts of this magnitude
available to answer a wide spectrum of
gardening questions is another great
service that we are thankful to provide."
To become amaster gardener, individ-
uals must complete extensive college
level courses, including biology, chem-
istry, and botany. After being granted the
master gardener title, these garden
experts are also required to complete
continuing education classes each year
and must volunteer in areas where they
can promote environmentally responsi-
ble and sustainable horticultural prac-
tices for the home and throughout the
community.
To learn more about the service
group, visit
or call
(734) 394-5460.
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May 7, 2015
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLANNING COMMISSION
CITY OF INKSTER, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
RE: Case # SCU 15-03
In accordance with and pursuant to the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, Act 110 of
2006, as amended, notice is hereby given that the City of Inkster Planning
Commission will hold a public hearing on
Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at 6:00 p.m.
, in
the Inkster City Hall Council Chamber, located at 26215 Trowbridge, Inkster,
Michigan, 48141, to consider a special conditions use to allow commercial ware-
housing in a B-3 General Business District. Abe Hachem is the applicant. The sub-
ject property is located on the north side of Trowbridge, East of Bayhan Ave and is
legally described as follows:
THAT PART OF LOT 8 SUBDIVISION OF THE NE 1/4 OF E 1/2 OF THE NW 1/4
OF SEC 30 LIBER 1 OF PLATS PAGE 26 ALSO OF LOTS 1 AND 2 FELLRATHS
WESTWOOD GARDENS SUB LIBER 68 OF PLATS PAGE 99 DESCRIBED AS
BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE N LINE OF TROWBRIDGE AVE DISTANT
N 1D 33M 10SEC W ALONG THE E SECTION LINE 1836.85 FT AND S 77D
27M 09SEC W 354.15 FT AND S 77D 18M W 393.08 FT FROM THE E 1/4 COR-
NER OF SEC 30 AND PROCEEDING TH ALONG SAID N LINE S 77D 18M W
110.35 FT AND S 77D 19M 57SEC W 119.21 FT TH N 1D 43M 50SEC W 508.45
FT TH ALONG THE S LINE OF MICHIGAN AVE N 78D 29M 37SEC E 128.04
FT AND S 79D 30M 54SEC E 100 FT TH S 1D 43M 0SEC E 499.71 FT TO THE
POB CONTAINING 2.61 ACRES SUB OF NE 1/4 & E 1/2 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC 30.
A map showing the location of the site is provided below.
Public comments are invited and encouraged. Persons unable to attend the public
hearing may send their comments in writing to the attention of the City of Inkster
Community Development Department, 26215 Trowbridge, Inkster, Michigan, 48141.
Comments will be received through 12:00 noon, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Please ref-
erence Case No. 15-03 (SCU) in all correspondence.
The City of Inkster will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services,
such assigners for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being
considered at the public hearing, to individuals with disabilities upon five (5) busi-
ness days written notice. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or serv-
ices should contact the City of Inkster at 313.563.9770.
Felicia Rutledge
Inkster City Clerk
PUBLISH: May 7, 2015
Community Development Department • 313.563.9760
C
ANTON
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ORTHVILLE
Canton Master Gardeners
honored by state group
A second vote of the
Northville Board of Education to
allow Woodside Village to
become part of the Northville
Community Schools was
approvedby a 4-3 vote.
The vote does not assure the
transfer of students into the
Northville district but demon-
strates the willingness of the
board to allow the students who
live on the west side of North
HaggertyRoadbetweenFive and
Six mile roads to attend
Northville schools rather than
schools in the Plymouth-Canton
district. Plymouth Canton
Community Schools Board of
Education members have voted
against the transfer.
The final decision on the mat-
ter rests with the Michigan State
Superintendent of Schools who
would make the decision follow-
ing the decision of a state admin-
istrative law judge.
The properties in question are
inNorthville Township and close
to Winchester Elementary
School and Meads Mill Middle
School in the Northville district.
If approved, there would 16 stu-
dents who could transfer into a
Northville elementary school
and eight more who could move
into the middle and high school.
A petition from the Woodside
homeowners claimed that 80 per-
cent of the subdivision home-
owners favored themove.
Themotionwas approved by a
4-3 vote of board members.
Northville school board treasur-
er Matt Wilk was in favor of the
request along with board mem-
bers Scott Craig, Adam Phelps
and Roland Hwang while board
president Cynthia Jankowski and
trustees Ann Kalass and
Secretary James Mazurek were
against it. Wilk noted that the
new students would bring added
revenue into the district from
state per-student funding which
is estimated to be about $200,000
if the projections of the home-
owners' petitions are correct.
Opposing boardmembers said
they were concerned with the
precedent that such an approval
could establish and the effects of
any increase in the student popu-
lation in the Woodside subdivi-
sion. School boundaries in the
district were redrawn due to the
increased student population in
Northville, despite the loss of 75
students last year.
Wilk said that the fundamen-
tal issue was that a group of par-
ents feel their children would get
a better education in Northville
which should be a tribute to the
effectiveness of the Northville
district.
A final decision on the issue
from the state could be issued in
June.
Master Gardeners Deirdre Hope, left, Dennis Standiford, Patrick Johnson, Barbara
Johnson, Angela Cusac and Asha Carvalho were honored with a public service award
from the state.
A final decision on the issue
from the state could be issued in June.
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School board agrees to proposed district boundary transfer
