No. 26
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
75¢
June 30 – July 6, 2016
w w w . a s s o c i a t e d n e w s p a p e r s . n e t
Current Wayne City
Manager Lisa Nocerini and
former Mayor Al Haidous
apparently have some oppos-
ing opinions regarding the
upcomingmillage election in
the city.
See page 4.
Tickets are now on sale for
the 11th Annual Northville
Grub Crawl planned for 6:30-
9:30 July 19. Participants will
enjoy specialties frompartic-
ipating restaurants.
See page 2.
Vol. 131, No. 26
Vol. 69, No. 26
Vol. 69, No. 26
Vol. 16, No. 26
Michigan Department of
Education
Deputy
Superintendent
Kyle
Guerrant stopped by
Romulus High School earli-
er this school year.
See page 5.
Vol. 131, No. 26
Vol. 69, No. 26
Vol. 69, No. 26
For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Mayor William Wild had
the opportunity to hear the
Dalai Lama speak when he
joined mayors from across
the country last week for the
U.S. Conference ofMayors.
See page 4.
The Canton Public Safety
Department has issued a
reminder to residents
regarding the strict enforce-
ment of ordinances regard-
ing discharge of fireworks in
the township.
See page 5.
Vol. 16, No. 26
An Inkster manwas killed
and his fiancé seriously
injured in a car crash last
week when another vehicle
crossed the center line on
Beech Daly Road and struck
their car.
See page 3.
The cause of a Saturday
evening fire on Sycamore
Valley
in
Plymouth
Township that destroyed two
condominium units remains
under investigation.
See page 2.
Lydia Marvaso, 13, of
Belleville was recently
crowned the 2016 Young
Miss Michigan for the Pure
International Pageant sys-
tem.
See page 3.
The endorsement by City of
Plymouth officials of the write-in
candidacy of Michigan State Rep.
Kurt Heise for supervisor of
Plymouth Township has rever-
berated through the entire com-
munity.
Plymouth Mayor Dan Dwyer
announced his support for Heise
last week in a letter in which he
urged voters to remember
“what's at stake onAug. 2.”
“Plymouth City and Township
depend and benefit from each
other. While we are two govern-
ments, we are one community,
and we need to start acting like it
again.”
Dwyer's support for Heise was
seconded by Plymouth City
Commissioner Colleen Pobur
who said that she was “particu-
larly concerned about the town-
ship resolution designed to block
cooperation with the City of
Plymouth.”
That resolution, approved by
the township two years ago, was
proposed by township Treasurer
Ron Edwards who was strongly
supporting a township plan to
build a $2 million recreation
complex in Plymouth Township
park. That plan, which drew
protests from citizens for months,
included a granite benches in an
amphitheater and an all-weather
pavilion in the park, along with
While we are two governments,
we are one community,
and we need to start acting like it again.
”
Heise endorsed by Plymouth city officials
See
Election,
page 2
Independence Day
Fireworks, parades, picnic celebrate July Fourth
The recent vote by Wayne
City Council members to cut
benefits paid to retired city
workers is a violation of their
labor contracts and the city
charter, according to those
affectedby the action.
Council members, by a 4-3
vote, increased the amount
retirees must pay for health
insurance premiums, ends any
and all city payments of
Medicare Part B reimburse-
ments and requires the
retirees to pay any and all
future increases in health
insurance premiums.
The retirees, who have
attended meetings while these
measures were under discus-
sion, claim that the benefits
were a part of their union con-
tracts and in place when they
retired and are therefore bind-
ing. Tim Reynolds, a retired
firefighter, said that he expect-
ed the retirees to organize and
file a suit against the city
regarding the changes in their
benefits.
City officials, including
Mayor Susan Rowe who voted
for the benefit cuts, said the
city is facing a growing $1.5mil-
lion deficit, and that there is no
money to pay the retirees.
Financial analysts have pre-
dicted that Wayne will be com-
pletely out of funds by the end
of 2017.
Mel Moore, a former fire
chief, was critical of the ration-
ale and the actions of the coun-
cilmembers.
“We all retired under a con-
tract, let alone the city charter.
The contracts were all signed
by the city as to what we
walked out the door with. How
can you violate the contracts?”
See
Cuts,
page 4
Wayne officials slash retirees’ health benefits
Celebrations of the Fourth
of July holiday will start in the
area tonight with a fireworks
display in theCity of Romulus.
The annual event, organized
by the Romulus Rotary Club, is
set to begin at dusk tonight,
June 30, behind Romulus
Middle School and Wick
Elementary School atWick and
Ozga roads. There is no charge
for the community event which
can be seen from the areas sur-
rounding the two schools.
Complete the holiday experi-
ence with food and glowing
gear for sale from vendors in
the area, advised city officials.
Northville and Plymouth
will mark the celebration of the
Fourth of July with parades
next week through their
respective downtowns next
week.
The
Northville
Community Foundation organ-
izes the parade in that city
which will begin at 10 a.m. The
theme of the parade this year is
Cheers for Team USA! and it
will include more than 120
entries that celebrate the 2016
Summer Olympics, noted foun-
dation Executive Director
JessicaStriegle.
Parade highlights include
military veterans, Northville
High School Marching Band,
plenty of vintage, classic, and
Hollywood cars, floats, dance
teams, the Plymouth Fife and
Drum
Corps,
Redford
Township Unicycle Club, Oscar
Meyer Wienermobile, Detroit
Tiger's PAWS, clowns and char-
acters, andmany others.
Marking the beginning of
the parade will be a flyover
from the Civil Air Patrol and a
performance of the National
Anthem by the Ward Church
brass band.
The parade route begins at
the corner of Griswold and
Main Street in Northville and
continues down Main to
Rogers to Cady to Wing to
Fairbrook Street and ends at
Fairbrook and Center Street.
For those who would like to
hear Lisa Barry and Dr.
William Demray emcee the
parade, Striegle said she rec-
ommends sitting on Main
Street between Wing and High
Streets.
Children are invited to par-
ticipate in the parade by deco-
rating their bikes and joining
the Children's Bike Parade.
Judges will then select a win-
ner for Best Decorated Girl's
Bike and Best Decorated Boy's
Bike. Eachwinner will receive
a $50 gift card to the Northville
Meijer. The community is also
invited to participate in the Pet
Parade. All pets are welcome.
For more information on how
to participate in the Bike
Parade or Pet Parade visit
-
foundation.org.
The Northville parade is
sponsored by St. Mary Mercy
Livonia with additional sup-
port from Northville Meijer,
Community Financial Credit
Union, Tom Holzer Ford, Aisin
Group, Monroe Bank & Trust,
Orin Jewelers, DTE Energy,
Meadowbrook
and
Breckenridge Veterinary, MB
Financial Bank, Sandra M.
Larson, attorney at law, the
Northville Chamber of
Commerce, and Blackwell
Ford.
A complete program and
guide to the Northville Fourth
of July Parade is included in
this edition of TheEagle.
In Plymouth, the celebra-
tion will begin with a parade,
feature a huge community pic-
nic and end with a fireworks
display, all at no cost to resi-
dents.
The parade, sponsored this
year by the Chamber of
Commerce, is scheduled to
begin at 9 a.m. marching down
Main Street from Bode's
restaurant past Wing. As has
become a tradition, the parade
will include local veterans
from several branches of the
armed services.
Later, theGoodOldFashion
Picnic will take place at
Township Park from 11 until 4
with hot dogs, soft drinks, ice
cream and other treats for all
who attend. Township Park is
located at 46640 Ann Arbor
Trail in Plymouth and there is
no cost for the event.
Plymouth Township will
also mark the Independence
Day holiday with a fireworks
display beginning at 10:15 p.m.
Sunday, July 3 at the same
townshippark facility.
Members of the Plymouth Fife and Drum Corps will appear in the Northville and Plymouth parades this year.
Photo by Sean Rhaesa
