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We're still a bit troubled by comments
made by Haidous, at the DDA hearing and
city council meeting, suggesting if city voters
approve a 7-mill tax increase this year, he
would recommend approving the funding for
the Michigan Main Street program. In other
words, if the citizens agree to give the city
another $2.1 million in tax revenue, funding
may then be available from the DDA? Think
about that for amoment.
He also asked for patience from the
Ripple Effect: one more year; wait until
things are a little better. You often hear the
same line from Wayne city officials when it
comes to supporting the efforts like this. We
have, in fact, heard this same mantra for a
decade. Since taxable values continue to
drop and the downtown remains ripe with
vacant properties, you might want to ask:
Howmuch longer are you going towait?
are held rain or shine; if it does rain, con-
certs are moved to The Belleville United
Methodist Church across from the park on
Roys Street at Charles.
For more information about the Music
Lakeside series or any of the other
Belleville Area Council for the Arts upcom-
ing events, visit bellevilleartscouncil.org.
KimTindall
Acting corresponding secretary
Belleville Area
Council for the Arts
Chief thanks civic fund
To the editor;
Van Buren Township Fire Department
personnel is committed to educating the
public about the perils of fire and ways to
prevent a fire fromoccurring.
One way that the fire department had
been effectively teaching school age kids
about fire safety was through the hands-on
interactive experience of its smoke house.
For the past few years, due to financial
issues, the line item for Fire Prevention has
been the first to go - being reduced to virtu-
ally nothing. Due to lack of funding, the
smoke house sat unused in the back parking
lot.
It was disheartening to be unable to pro-
vide fire safety educational programming,
especially when we received frequent calls
to bring out the smoke house for special
events by the schools and neighborhood
homeowner associations.
In the interest of reviving the public edu-
cational fire safety programming, I tasked
the fire department staff with evaluating
repairs required to bring the smoke house
back to safe standards. A thorough inspec-
tion of the smoke house revealed it was in a
lot worse shape than originally thought. It
needed some work just to allow people to
enter it, much less allow any children
through it!
After obtaining estimates to refurbish the
smoke house, I contacted the Van Buren
Civic Fund, which graciously donated the
funding to restore it to "as good as new."
I cannot thank themenough for their gen-
erous donation to restore the smoke house
so we can re-establish our fire safety pro-
gramhere in the community.
With deepest respect on behalf of the Van
BurenTownshipFireDepartment,
Daniel C. Besson
Fire Chief / EmergencyManagement
Coordinator
Supervisor thanks sponsors
To the editor:
On Saturday, June 29, the Van Buren
Township Fireworks display attracted resi-
dents from the entire township and sur-
rounding communities. The Beck Road ball
fields were packed, as were the parking lots
at McBride Middle School and Quirk Park.
As always, our Public Safety Department
did a fantastic job with traffic and crowd
control.
After four years' hiatus, this event was
made possible by the following generous
corporate sponsors, whose donations also
paid for all employee staffing: Waste
Management, Belleville Square Shopping
Center, Ashley Capital, Sovereign Partners
(Grace Lake), Environmental Quality (EQ),
Exel Supply, Rose Moving & Storage, Wade
Trimand one anonymous donor.
Many residents have expressed their
appreciation for bringing this free family
event back to the community. My sincerest
thanks to all of the sponsors for making it
happen! Thanks also to Jennifer Wright,
Jennifer Zaenglein and the Parks and
Recreation staff for making all of the
arrangements. Everyone had a great time!
LindaH. Combs
Supervisor
Charter Township of VanBuren
Editorial topic suggested
To the editor:
I urge your publication to publish an edi-
torial in support of Congress passing the
Medicare Prescription Drug Price
Negotiation Act of 2013. The bills in the
Senate (S.117) and in the House (H.R.1102)
would direct the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (HHS) to negotiate with
pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices
thatmay be charged toMedicarePart Dpre-
scription drug plan sponsors and Medicare
Advantage organizations for covered Part D
drugs.
Your readers should understand that put-
ting the federal government's purchasing
power to work to save money is simply com-
mon sense and it would saveMedicare up to
$156 billion over ten years while reducing
health care costs for seniors.
JohnFigore.
Canton
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Marjorie A. Butler
Sunrise: Oct. 19, 1925
Sunset: June 20, 2013
Marjorie A. Butler died June
20, 2013.
Among those left to celebrate
her memory are her beloved
husband of 65 years,
Nathaniel; her four sons and
three
daughters-in-law,
Darryl (Beverly), Eric, Yul
(Elizabeth)
and
Byron
(Danielle); her sister, Yvonne
(Bunny) Baker; six grandchil-
dren, Ena (Nikki), Alex,
BriAnna, Amir, Jaeden and
Evan; five great-grandchil-
dren, Garrett, Taylor, Ernest,
Denane (Lil Tony) and
Brayden; a host of nieces,
nephews, cousins, church
family, and many friends.
Mrs. Butler was preceded in
death by three sisters and
brothers-in-law,
Thelma
(Sam)
Winn,
Pearline
(Jackie) Skinner and Joan
(Ted) Johnson.
Funeral services took place
at First Baptist Church in
Romulus with the Rev.
Charles Woolridge officiating.
Final arrangements were
entrusted to the Penn
Funeral Home on Inkster
Road in Inkster.
Interment was at Romulus
Memorial
Cemetery
in
Romulus.
Michelle D. Bass
Sunrise: Aug. 17, 1963
Sunset: June 22, 2013
Michelle D. Bass died June
22, 2013.
Among those left to mourn
her passing and cherish her
memory are her two broth-
ers, Thomas James (Angie)
Bass, Sr. and Lennox
(Keisha) Bass; two nieces,
Saletha
Townson
and
McKayla
Bass;
three
nephews, Bryan Smith,
Thomas James Bass, Jr. and
Michael Bass; 13 aunts and
uncles, Michael White,
Ronald White, Jeffrey White,
Gary White, David White,
Dorthea
White,
Janet
(Anthony) Duncan, Daisy
Richards, Robert Richards,
Sheila Travis, Regina (curtis)
Patterson, LaTanya (Michael)
Bowles, Sheila Robinson,
Dorothy
Adams,
Alice
Truesdale
and
Melvin
(Verona) Johnson; a host of
cousins, and many friends.
Funeral services took place
at the Penn Funeral Home on
S. Inkster Road in Inkster
with Senior Pastor Ronald P.
Springer, Sr. of True Love
Evangelistic Ministry, officiat-
ing.
Final rites were performed by
Tri
County
Cremation
Services.
Death Notice
Be it know to all men and/or
any interested parties, the
Inkster Housing Commission
give proper and due notice
that any and all possession
belonging to:
Rosa Hill-Weah
29990 Liberty
Inkster, MI 48141
RosaHill-Weah passed away
June 21, 2013. All remaining
possessions will become
property of the Inkster
Housing Commission, unless
otherwise properly claimed
and removed in five (5) days.
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and lay out and connect fire hoses, and all
the other stuff that has to be done at such a
hectic scene.
I suspect, although I have no evidence,
that my caller was one of the Northville on-
call guys who felt he and they deserved full
credit for their efforts. Except he and his fel-
low department members are, in fact, on-call
guys. There is no way they have the experi-
ence and or the training of professional fire-
fighters, despite what a recent brochure sent
out to Plymouth homeowners claims. Maybe
this is a case of this guy actually believing
that claptrap being perpetrated on the local
residents, who knows.
What my irate caller didn't let me tell him
during his long string of obscenities, was that
the Plymouth Township guys are out on the
expressway about once a week putting out
some kind of vehicle engine fire. A fire in a
vehicle engine for them is like blinking their
eyes. They could do this in their sleep, and at
4:20 a.m. when they were called in to help,
they did just that.
Like my Uncle Toots used to say,
“Anything is easy if you know how.” The guys
from Plymouth Township proved that
because when they saw the fire truck ablaze,
they knew exactly the most efficient way to
put it out. They've had lots and lots of prac-
tice.
So please Mr. Caller, whoever you are,
don't blame me because your enthusiasm for
the job and your ego don't compensate for
your lack of experience.
Just like your volume and obscenity didn't
compensate for your rudeness.
minutes.
Many area residents said they were
shocked and surprised to learn that the City
of Plymouth no longer had a full-time pro-
fessional fire department. Having a fire
chief based in the City of Northville over-
seeing a crewof 55 on-call staffers who have
to receive the alarm, respond to the
Northville or Plymouth station, get into
their gear, or into a fire vehicle, and get to
the scene of the fire apparently seemed like
a model of efficiency to both Sincock and
thePlymouthCityCouncilmembers.
Us, wehad some doubts.
There are apparently two of these on-call
guys assigned to a Northville/Plymouth sta-
tion for eight or 12 hours a day, or so we've
been told. They sure aren't there washing
the trucks at 4 a.m., however.
Maybe this was the incident we predict-
ed would call attention to the dire state of
fire protection in both Plymouth Township
and the city. There have now been some
changes in fire response protocol in that the
city now immediately calls the township for
backup rather than waiting to see what the
on-call and volunteers can accomplish first.
Ironic that the city now admits the need
for the township firefighters they dismissed
when the combined city and township fire
department was disbanded. Ironic, too, that
the township officials have continued to
reduce fire department staffing in a transfer
to the system the city has just acknowledged
isn't working aswell as it should.
We hope that this incident, where there
were no injuries, where the city will pay
only about $500 to have the truck and equip-
ment replaced and the building repaired
will also be a wake up call for city residents,
even if it did come at 4 a.m.
This is the epitome of a what-could-have-
been scenario.
If it takes 28 on-call and volunteer fire-
fighters and four professionals 30 minutes
to put out a fire in a truck inside the fire
department, what chance does a local
homeowner have?
Caller
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