No. 27
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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July 7 – 13, 2016
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Former Wayne City
Manager Robert English, 60,
entered a not guilty plea to
charges he failed to stop at a
personal injury accident at
his arraignment in 29th
District Court.
See page 4.
The Northville Art House is
now accepting entries into
the juried 8thAnnual West of
Center All Media Show
which offers $500 in cash
awards.
See page 2.
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City council members
rescinded a resolution to
explore the possibility of
leasing Fire Station #1 until
they could be assured of the
safety of all residents.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Wayne County Parks is set
to transform the Hines Park-
Nankin Mills Area, located
at 33175 Ann Arbor Trail,
into a giant mud pit next
Tuesday, July 12 for Mud
Day.
See page 3.
Local participants can
learn parkour moves tomor-
row when instructors from
Phoenix
Freerunning
Academy visit the Canton
PublicLibrary.
See page 2.
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A ceremony at the Booker
Dozier Recreation Center
last week marked the gradu-
ation of 16 young Inkster
men from the Michigan
YouthLeadershipAcademy.
See page 3.
The
Plymouth
Department of Recreation in
cooperation with Duncan
Crew Toy member YoJake
will be hosting a Yo-
yo/JugglingCamp for kids.
See page 6.
Members of the Van
Buren Schools Board of
Education unanimously
approved a three-year con-
tract for newSuperintendent
of Schools Peter Kudlak on
June 13.
See page 5.
Actions of incumbent
Plymouth Township Clerk
Nancy Conzelman have been
criticized as instrumental in the
lawsuit that removed two candi-
dates from the upcoming pri-
mary ballot in that community.
During the League of Women
Voters candidate forum last
Thursday at the Plymouth
District Library, Conzelman
admitted that she had advised
and aided some candidates with
their political filings while disre-
garding others. Two candidates
Conzelman publicly opposes,
State Rep. Kurt Heise who is
challenging
incumbent
Supervisor Shannon Price, and
Don Schnettler, seeking a term
as a board trustee, failed to indi-
cate the precinct number in
which they vote on their affi-
davits of identity, paperwork that
is usually reviewed by the
municipal clerk prior to submit-
ting it toWayne County for inclu-
sion on the ballot. Conzelman
signed the paperwork submitted
by Heise and Schnettler as
“received by” but did not com-
plete the “reviewed by” blank on
the paperwork. Challenger
Jerry Vorva, seeking to replace
Conzelman as clerk, said her
I think this is misfeasance.
I think it's underhanded.
I think it's terrible that it happened.
”
Clerk’s comments draw candidate’s fire
See
Forum,
page 4
All in the family
3rd generation joins 37th
annual Art In The Park
Predicted rain in the area
was welcomed by residents and
by local fire officials this week.
The lack of rain recently
prompted a warning from local
and state fire officials last week,
just as communities and resi-
dents were preparing to cele-
brate theFourthof July holiday.
The unusually dry conditions
increased the risk of fire from
traditional outdoor activities,
officials said and warned that
charcoal grills, fire pits, discard-
ed smoking materials and fire-
works all pose a greater risk this
year, because of the dry vegeta-
tion produced by lower than
average rainfall.
Both
the
Northville
Community Fire Department,
which serves the cities of
Northville and Plymouth, and
officials from the Canton
See
Fire,
page 2
Rain predictions welcomed by area fire officials
The youngest members of
theArt InThePark family don't
hesitate to express their opin-
ions about ideas others on the
management team may sug-
gest.
For instance, the bright
green shirts the volunteers at
the event are wearing this year
could have been a far less
appealing color without the
input of Lily Rork, 10, and her
brother, Dylan, 13.
“If I have a bad idea, they
don't hesitate to let me know,”
said Raychel Rork, president
of Art In The Park. She fol-
lowed in the footsteps of her
mother, Dianne Quinn, and has
managed and supervised the
event for two years. Quinn, who
founded Art In The Park 36
years ago with a small gather-
ing of artists in Kellogg Park,
retired and left the top job to
Rork. Quinn said she had
absolute confidence in Rork,
who has attended every single
one of the past 36 festivals,
learning how to perform each
of the myriad of tasks involved
with producing one of the
largest art festivals in the state.
“There is a lot to it,” Rork
admitted. “A lot of things that
most people never think
about.”
Rork said her children have
been absorbing the details of
event management since they
were born as the conversations
between her and their grand-
mother quite often involve
aspects of the event.
At a recent athletic tourna-
ment for her son, Rork said she
was as busy taking photos of
the arrangement of some pub-
lic amenities as she was taking
photos of himon the field.
“They both know we are
always looking for ideas for Art
InThePark,”Rork said
“They've been listening to
this stuff forever.”
This year, Lily was on the
streets downtown helping her
mother measure and mark off
booth locations, making sure
every artist got the correct
space and that the exhibit tents
were assigned to the correct
places. Lily even “hired” a per-
former she spotted to entertain
crowds last year.
“They really can't not be
involved,” Rork said, “this is
such a part of our life.”
The entire family, including
Quinn, will be on hand for the
weekend, Rork said, wearing
the “nice green shirts.”
The most important change
to the event this year, Rork
said, is the new locations for
the shuttle service. Visitors are
encouraged to take advantage
of acres of parking at Madonna
University, 36600 Schoolcraft
Road in Livonia or the
Burroughs facility at the corner
of Haggerty and Plymouth
roads and use the shuttle. The
shuttle service is sponsored by
St. JohnProvidence.
“It really is the very best
way to see the festival,” Rork
said, “and the buses run con-
tinuously all weekend.”
The entertainers that
crowds have come to expect
will be returning this year
along with another perform-
ance fromstudents at the violin
studio of Sharon Rothstein,
M.B. M.P.H. The children will
perform a variety of classical
violin pieces to collect dona-
tions for the Children's
Chamber Music Education
Fund.
Art In The Park founder Dianne Quinn, President Raychel Rork
and advisor Lily Rork always find time to enjoy Art In The Park.
Don Howard
Staff Writer
Joe and Dylan Rork will be on
hand again this year at Art In
The Park.
Joe Mazzola of Detroit will
have his upcycled sculptures
and his vintage wristbands
customized with brass and
bronze grommets for sale this
year in booth 304.
Annie Boyer of Redford will
have her hand made leather
moccasins on display and for
sale at booth number 221 dur-
ing the art event this year.
Copper necklaces and other
jewelry by artist Katherine
Lewis of West Nyack, N.Y. will
be on display and for sale in
booth 325.
See
Art,
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Damage to the Meadowood Townhomes clubhouse was estimated
at $150,000 caused by a cigarette discarded in mulch.
