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June 14 - 20, 2012
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The Friends project in
Wayne is ready to begin the
14th year of neighbors helping
neighbors and is looking for a
local home in need of some
painting and repairs.
See page 3.
Jordan Frayer, a Romulus
resident and student sports
star at New Boston Huron
High School, recently signed a
letter of intent to attend
Adrian College and play base-
ball at the school.
See page 3.
The latest exhibit at the
Plymouth Community Arts
Council includes the photogra-
phy of eighth-grade students
who traveled to New York City
as part of a school trip.
See page 5.
Upgrades and road con-
struction will change the route
the annual Northville 4th of
July Parade takes through
downtown this year,.
See page 4.
The Belleville National
Strawberry Festival begins
tomorrow with three days of
nonstop free events and enter-
tainment for the entire family
in the 35th annual fruit cele-
bration.
See page 4.
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When Inkster students have
five stamps on their
McDonald's library bookmark
this summer, it is worth a
Happy Meal® or Mighty Kids
Meal .
See page 3.
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Members of the Westland
City Council unanimously
approved the balanced munic-
ipal budget of just over $56
million for the 2012-2013 fiscal
year.
See page 3.
In the wake of violence both locally and on a
national scale, local, regional and state lawmak-
ers are getting together to ban all forms of syn-
theticmarijuana.
Michigan lawenforcement and health officials
will be able to remove the synthetic drugs from
store shelves without delay under legislation
unanimously approved by the House Judiciary
Committee, according to stateRep. KurtHeise.
Heise voted in favor of House Bill 5714 and
Senate Bill 1082, which allow the state to quickly
identify and eliminate illegal mind-altering prod-
ucts no matter what name or form they take by
temporarily categorizing the products as con-
trolled substances.
The drug, commonly referred to as 'K2' or
'Spice' or even 'Bath Salts' is on sale at many gas
stations and readily available to anyone, regard-
less of their age. It has been linked to everything
from the recent fatal attacks allegedly committed
by Tucker Cipriano against his family, and the
bizarre incident in Miami where police were
forced to fatally shoot a man mauling another by
eating his face.
State Sen. Glenn Anderson (D-Westland) was
also in favor of the legislation.
“The abuse of these designer drugs presents a
serious and present threat to our communities
and, most often, to our young people,” Anderson
said. “Little is known about the long-term effects
of these drugs, but what is known is that they can
be extremely dangerous and should be illegal in
the sameway that other Schedule I drugs are ille-
gal.”
Last week, the Romulus Drug Task Force and
the Romulus Ministerial Alliance sponsored a
candlelight prayer vigil about the issue.
“We're trying to raise awareness,” said theRev.
Arthur Willis, head of the ministerial alliance.
“We're going to share with parents what the
effects of these drugs canbe.”
Earlier this week, the police chiefs in Canton,
Plymouth and Northville Township started send-
ing nearly 100 letters to business owners in their
communities, asking them to voluntarily stop sell-
ing the products. There is no law on the books to
Again this year, the Canton
Liberty Fest will include an
International Festival from 11
a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday on
theCantonLive! Stage.
See page 5.
See
Drugs,
page 3
The drug, commonly referred
to as 'K2' or 'Spice' or even
'Bath Salts' is on sale at many gas
stations and readily available to
anyone, regardless of their age.
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Officials unite against synthetic drug sales
While Dr. Vicky Savas is more than content
with her successful practice as a cardiologist, she
admits that her second career choice might have
been as a teacher.
While pursuing her medical decree at the
University of Michigan, Savas was even chosen
for a teaching honor inher class.
That love of teaching is part of what motivated
her to begin organizing free and low-cost health
testing and educational seminars at health fairs
about 23 years ago.
"That first one drew about 60 people for the
entire day," Savas said. "The last one I organized
hadmore than 800 people."
The attraction is understandable. At the event,
Savas provides free or low-cost medical testing
for somemajormedical problems and during her
two decades of providing the service, cases of
prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, aneurisms, silent
heart attacks, thyroid disease, hypertension and
many other conditions have been diagnosed,
often for a patient unaware therewas a problem.
"We provide these tests for free or for a cost
that is usually far less than the patient's insur-
ance deductible," Savas said. "I do it because I
feel good about it andbecause I love to do it."
Among the many medical tests offered are
EKGs, bone density screenings, blood tests and
ultra sounds and even hearing tests from the
University ofMichigan.
Each of the events take Savas more than 6
months to organize, lining up medical experts
and doctors to provide the free health education
seminars on topics like diabetes, hypertension
obesity and thyroid disease. Then she gets busy
finding exhibitors and vendors who will offer
information, education and usually free samples
at the event.
"This year we already have 30 vendors. They
give away cookbooks, 30-minute massages,
pedometers, pasta, toothpaste, free hearing tests,
many drug samples, and other health and groom-
See
Health,
page 3
Heart smart
Health fair offers
low cost screenings
Residents of the Rolling Hills
subdivision have already
learned a lesson from their new
neighbor, Plymouth Scholars
Charter Academy: Pay attention
to zoning hearings.
As bulldozers, cement trucks
and heavymachinery of all kinds
continues to operate at the 15-
acre site in the center of the 156-
home development on North
Territorial Road, residents are
wondering how this happened
and how approval for the new,
47,000 square foot, two-story
school that will encompass 9 of
the 15 acres of property came
about.
Developer Leo Soave sold the
land to National Heritage
Academies after it was rezoned
by a unanimous vote of the
Plymouth Township Board of
Trustees in April. That vote fol-
lowed approval of the rezoning
by the planning commission. At
the planning commission meet-
ing, the property was listed as
P.C. No 2076/0312 Plymouth
Estates Condominiums. Prior to
that, the property had been des-
ignated as the Vineyards of
Plymouth Township, also a con-
dominium project. A notice of
the rezoning was mailed to near-
by residents as required by law
on April 1, according to a town-
ship source. The new zoning now
specifically allows for school
buildings.
The new school will be locat-
ed at 48484 North Territorial
Road. According to National
Heritage Academies, more than
900 applications have already
been received for the 550 student
placements.
The school will enroll stu-
dents from kindergarten through
sixth grade next school year,
2012-2013. Plans are for one
See
School,
page 7
School construction troubles subdivision residents
Construction workers at the site of the new Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy in the center of the Rolling
Hills subdivision had to place a makeshift fence around one residents' swing set.
Dr. Vicky Savas, a cardiologist, helps one of her patients during at a recent visit to her office. This
Saturday, Savas is offering a health fair with low cost tests and screenings in Westland which is
open to the public.