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THE BELLEVILLE Sumpter supervisor, trustees admonish board member
ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE
Township
Sumpter
Vol. 137, No. 26 Supervisor Tim Bowman, ” ing the June 23 meeting. He
said that Po did not attend the
Sumpter Township township attorney Rob Young Whoever told you Po meeting and that members of
Supervisor Tim Bowman and Trustee Matt Oddy had the board had been repeatedly
addressed his outrage at strong words of criticism dur- was at the meeting informed that Po was not
allegations of racism and ing the June 28 meeting in is an absolute liar. involved in the project other
misconduct leveled at him by response to the actions of than as the owner of the land
a trustee following a meeting Trustee Peggy Morgan follow- the developers were purchas-
June 23. ing the June 23 meeting. (See ing. “Whoever told you Po was
See page 4. related story, page 4.) ship hall with the trustees and Young also referred to the at the meeting is an absolute
Morgan admitted that she attorney. That meeting was meeting as “a disappointment.” liar,” Oddy said.
had angrily confronted abruptly halted, according to Morgan said Oddy's deliber- Morgan responded that she
THE CANTON Bowman following the June 23 those who attended, when the ate failure to name township was angry because Oddy
EAGLE meeting, an encounter meeting topics appeared to be resident Nelson Po as a party “made sure” the name of the
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Vol. 75, No. 26 Bowman described as a “ver- inappropriate without the to the development prompted developer was not mentioned
bal assault” and said he “didn't attendance of the full board. her angry outbursts the previ- in his report of the meeting and
Participants in the 2022 appreciate.” Oddy and Rush both stated cat- ous week. She reportedly that when she asked for the
Canton Township Police and “I don't care if you appreci- egorically that they halted the claimed during the loud phone number of the develop-
Fire Youth Academy cele- ate it or not, you weren't the meeting and informed the encounter that the board mem- ers, “you never said who you
brated their graduation last only one. I also got Rob Young developers that any such pres- bers and Bowman were only were talking about.”
week. outside and I got Tim Rush out- entation or plans must be pre- “doing this” because Po was Oddy said he deliberately
See page 3. side,” Morgan responded. She sented to the full board. Young involved. withheld the name of the
said her anger was prompted agreed and said he told the Oddy responded that he did developers in an attempt to
by Oddy's failure to disclose the developers the attempt to offer not understand what could avoid even the appearance of
THE INKSTER names of developers who blandishments to a few board have prompted Morgan's
LEDGER STAR attended a meeting in town- members was unacceptable. “yelling and screaming” follow- See Board, page 4
LEDGER STAR

Vol. 75, No. 26
State Rep. Jewell Jones Green space
was back in court last
Thursday to answer charges
of probation violations. Annual Northville
See page 2.
Garden Walk set

THE NORTHVILLE Ken Thelen has only two jobs in his
EAGLE wife, Nancy's extensive garden: lifting
EAGLE
Vol. 22, No. 26 items too heavy for her and accepting
compliments from strangers.
Northville Mayor Brian The garden at the Thelen home on
Turnbull delighted crowds Springfield Court in Northville will be
Monday during the 4th of one of six featured this year as part of the
July Parade when he 28th Annual Garden Walk sponsored by
appeared with his family in a the Country Garden Club of Northville, a
Ford F-150 Lightning electric branch of the Women's National Farm &
truck. Garden Association.
See page 2. The garden, Nancy Thelen, explained
has been expanding and in progress for
all of the 30 years the couple has lived in
THE PLYMOUTH the home. Now retired from her career as
EAGLE a special education teacher and coun-
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Vol. 22, No. 26 selor and a part-time teaching position at
Oakland Community College, she has
Art In The Park will more time to devote to her hobby.
return to downtown “I've been gardening for 60 years,” she
Plymouth for the 42nd year explained. “I started as a child with my
beginning tomorrow, July 8 grandparents in Livonia who had an acre Ken and Nancy Thelen's extensive perennial garden will be one of the six homes fea-
and continuing Saturday and of land. They had all kinds of plants and tured on the upcoming 28th Annual Garden Walk sponsored by the Country Garden
Sunday. fruit trees and raspberries,” she said. Club of Northville, a branch of the Women's National Farm & Garden Association.
See page 3. “They had all the kids gardening from an
early age.” Her grandfather, she recalled, tion before we started with tons of leaf me it's not work, it is something to enjoy. I
would graft different species of apples mulch we got from the city,” she said. She often think of a quote I heard somewhere,
THE ROMULUS onto trees. “I learned a lot from my grand- has continued to use ground leaves as 'I would garden even if it was the sign of a
ROMAN parents,” she said. mulch in her vegetable garden, too, she diseased mind and a corrupt soul.'”
ROMAN
Vol. 137, No. 26 She is now attempting to instill that said. Her perennials, which aren't “too While her four adult children have not
same love in her own four grandchildren, fussy” are planted along with her vegeta- developed her passion for gardening, they
The annual Roaring but the youngest who is only 4 isn't too bles on the large lot. do call on her expertise and she said she
Thunder for Vets, a Wounded interested, yet, except for the cherry Thelen said she is the “queen” of find- has done some landscaping for them at
America charity motorcycle tomatoes in the vegetable section of the ing perennials on sale that are “unloved.” their homes. “I've shared some plants,
ride, will roll through garden. “They love to pick and eat those,” She said she takes them home and they things that suit their needs,” she said.
Romulus Saturday in an she said. flourish in her yard, only occasionally As for her husband, his main role,
effort to raise $30,000 for Thelen said she tries to garden as threatened by the bunnies and deer that Thelen said with a smile, is as her “min-
local veterans. organically as possible and her wide also appreciate her gardening skill. Her ion,” carrying heavy items and lifting
See page 5.
arrangement of established perennials garden expands a little each year, she things. He does, however, readily accept
doesn't take as much work as people said, and there is very little grass left in the compliments from people who come
THE WAYNE might think. She said her real secret was the rear section of the property. by the exceptional display and comment
EAGLE starting with meticulously prepared soil. garden is 'so much work,'” she said, “but to See Gardens, page 2
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“People stop by and comment that the
“We did a really thorough soil prepara-
Vol. 75, No. 26
School may be on summer
hiatus, but books, school sup- Suspect facing first degree murder charges in shooting death
plies and learning materials
are available at elementary A Westland man is facing first- with two gunshot wounds to the in a neighboring trailer.
schools in the Wayne Westland degree murder charges in the left side of her head. Police sus- Westland officers, with the assis-
district. shooting death of his former girl- pect she may have been attempt- tance of the Western Wayne
See page 6. friend last week. ing to get away from the suspect County SWAT team, were able to
Wayne County prosecutors following an argument. Medics secure the trailer and convince
allege that Cary Anthony Taylor, arrived on scene and pro- the suspect to voluntarily exit.
THE WESTLAND 41, fatally shot Tabitha Cornwell, nounced Cornwall deceased. Taylor was arrested within 8
EAGLE
EAGLE also of Westland, twice in the Prosecutors allege that a ver- hours the day of the incident,

Vol. 75, No. 26 head as she sat in her vehicle at bal argument between the defen- officers said.
Taylor has been charged with
about 12:06, June 29.
dant and the victim escalated,
Members of the Westland According to Westland police, and that the suspect produced one count of premeditated first-
Rotary Club in conjunction officers were dispatched to a res- and fired a handgun at least degree murder, and one count of
with the James North idence in the 35270 block of twice into Cornwall's vehicle, felony firearm. He was
Charitable Foundation Glenwood following a report of a fatally wounding her. The sus- arraigned and remanded to jail
recently awarded $12,000 in shooting. Upon arrival at the pect then immediately fled the without bail. His preliminary
scholarships to six high scene, officers discovered the scene, according to police court examination is scheduled
school students. victim inside her parked Jeep reports, but officers determined at the 18th District Court July 14
See page 6. Grand Cherokee, unresponsive that he had barricaded himself before Judge Sandra Cicirelli. Cary Anthony Taylor

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