No. 29
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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July 16 – 22, 2015
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Wayne resident Milton L.
Mack, Jr., the Chief Judge at
Wayne County Probate
Court, has been named as
StateCourt Administrator.
See page 5.
The
American
Progressive Association will
celebrate the 74th annual
Romulus
Community
Festival, also known as the
Jones Sub Festival, July 24,
25 and 26.
See page 4.
Despite multiple internet
and social media accounts,
police reports do not vali-
date reports of a verbal con-
frontation between two
township officials last week.
See page 4.
The Northville Board of
Education ratified a two-
year contract with the
Northville
Education
Association last week and
approved agreements with
six other employee groups.
See page 3.
Van Buren Township offi-
cials have agreed to place a
millage question on the
November ballot to ask resi-
dents to fund a full-time pub-
lic safety department.
See page 2.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Visitors to the Westland
Senior
Resources
Department saw a new face
July 1 when Donna Jackson
began her job as deputy
director of the facility.
See page 5.
The 10th annual Canton
Color Tour Jazz Series is now
under way and will continue
every Friday through Aug. 21
as jazz musicians take center
stage at different venues
alongFordRoad.
See page 2.
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Members of the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, Eta
Iota Omega Chapter in
Inkster are sponsoring the
Saturday in the Park pro-
grambeginning July 25.
See page 5.
Membership in an elite club is
nowopen inCantonTownship.
Usually extended by personal
invitation only, the Canton Lions
Club, which serves both
Belleville and Canton, has
planned amembership drive at 6
p.m. July 27 at Fellows Creek
Golf Course.
According tomember Bill Van
Winkle, increased requests for
help throughout the community
prompted the effort to seek more
members for the club. The Lions
assist the blind and hearing
impaired, Van Winkle said, “and
are called upon to purchase eye-
glasses for kids throughout the
community.
“We also contribute to the
Penrickton Center for Blind and
multiple handicapped children,
Leader Dog School for the Blind
and Eversight which restores
sight to more than three people
every day.”
Van Winkle added that the
Canton club has a diverse mem-
bership and relies on fund rais-
ing events in the community for
finances used to pay for glasses
and other help offered to the less
fortunate. He said the group
sponsors euchre tournaments,
has an annual pancake/waffle
breakfast during the Liberty Fest
and hosts an annual corn roast in
August ant the barn at
PreservationPark.
“We rely on members to man
these fund raising events,” Van
Winkle said. He added that the
club members work at various
locations during White Cane and
Candy Cane Week collecting
donations.
He said membership in the
club provides an opportunity for
members to work with a diverse
group of people for a common
cause and assist young people
with guidance and direction. He
said members gain valuable
skills and learn leadership tech-
niques as a member of a respect-
ed organization.
“This is a way to make an
impact on people's lives,” he
said.
To become a Lions Clubmem-
ber, candidates must be of legal
age and good moral character.
He suggested that anyone inter-
ested attend the membership
drive meeting or contact a Lions
Clubmember.
Fellows Creek Golf Course is
located at 2936 Lotz Road in
Canton.
“This is a way to become
involved in something bigger
than yourself,” Van Winkle
added. Regular meetings of the
club are scheduled at 6 p.m. on
the fourth Monday of the month
at Rose's Restaurant on Canton
CenterRoad at CherryHill.
For additional information,
contact Van Winkle at (734) 254-
9404 or
Lions Club planning membership drive next week
Northville to request street repair tax
Voters in Northville will be
asked to approve a 2.25 mill
increase to fund street repairs in
the city on theAug. 4 ballot.
Officials said expected
repairs to the streets will cost
about $1,337,000 during the next
decade. The cost of themillage, if
approved would be about $270
per year for a home with a true
cash value of $240,000 or an
assessed value of $120,000.
Currently, officials said, the
budget includes about $584,000
for street repairs, requiring an
additional annual input of
$753,000, which would be gener-
ated by the new millage, if
approved by voters. The ballot
language specified that the new
millage will be used exclusively
to provide funds for road and
street improvements.
The ballot millage question
required an amendment from
members of the city council to
allow an override of the Headlee
Amendment. The Headlee
Amendment restricts tax increas-
es without voter approval. In the
City of Northville, the Headlee
Amendment reduced the tax
limit in Northville to 15.8845
mills. The override would allow
for a levy of up to 20 mills, if vot-
ers approve the question, but
would not allow the city to specif-
ically designate street repair as
the exclusiveuse of the funds.
Members of the city council
have adopted the necessary offi-
cial ordinance requiring the use
of the 2.25mills be designated for
street repair in the city.
TRAIN of success
Local chef continues
friendship with band
As 15,000 screaming fans
cheered the encore perform-
ance of Train last week at DTE
Music Theater, Frank Agostini
stood at the edge of the stage
smiling, remembering just how
far the bandhas come.
Agostini said he couldn't
help but reminisce about his
experiences with what was a
fledgling band two decades ago
when he spent many long
hours driving them from radio
station to radio station across
the Metro area trying to con-
vince program directors to play
theirmusic on the air.
“When we would go early in
the morning to some stations, I
would cook breakfast for every-
body who worked at the station
while the bandmembers would
talk to the DJs and radio peo-
ple,” he said. “I remember, I
had a chocolatier I worked
with who would make choco-
late records to hand out. When
we went at lunch time, I made
sandwiches and sometimes
would cook an entire meal
right at the station on burners
we loaded into the van.”
He was with his friend
David Shaw who worked, back
then, for Columbia Records
and whose job it was to pro-
mote and get air time for Train.
Shaw figured a good meal
made an impression on radio
d e c i s i o n
makers, so
he hired
Agostini, by
then
a
trained pro-
f es s i ona l
chef, to daz-
zle
the
radio station employees.
“Anything to get those guys
to play the band's record,”
Agostini said. “To see them so
successful after all this time, all
those cheering fans, it brought
back a lot ofmemories.”
Train is now a multi-plat-
inum record, Grammy-winning
band and while some of the
original members have gone on
to other pursuits, Agostini
remains close to the band
members. He has adopted one
of the band's pet projects and is
featuring new wines from the
Save Me San Francisco Wine
Co. named for some of the
band's hit songs at E. G. Nick's
restaurant on Forest Street in
Plymouth. He and Tony Belli
have been operating E.G.
Nick's for about 15 years and
have become a mainstay in the
community.
“This is just another great
thing these guys (Train) are
doing. Not a dime of the profit
from the wine goes to them. It
all goes back to a children's
charity they are working with
in San Francisco, to provide
housing for families of children
being treated at the University
of California Children's
Hospital,” Agostini said.
“And it is very goodwine.”
Train founded the Save Me,
SanFranciscoWine Co. in 2011.
With a partnership with ACME
WineMovers, the business sells
wine that is named after the
group's various hits, which
include: Drops of Jupiter
California Red, Calling All
Angels Chardonnay, Soul Sister
Pinot Noir, California 37
Cabernet Sauvignon and Bullet
Proof Sauvignon Blanc. A por-
tion of the proceeds go to the
Family House of San
Francisco, which supports fam-
ilies of children with cancer
and other life-threatening ill-
nesses.
Train isn't Agostini's only
celebrity connection. He's fed
just about everybody in the
music business and gotten to
know quite a few big names
personally during his career as
a professional chef.
Last week, he was preparing
food to serve on the Rolling
Stones private plane and near-
ly every week there is at least
one team of professional ath-
letes enjoying food prepared in
the E.G. Nick's kitchen as they
fly out ofMetroAirport.
“We do a lot of catering for
the celebrity planes,” Agostini
said.
Food catered on the planes
is often subject to the same
“riders” and conditions as the
backstage and dressing room
catering. The basketball teams,
Frank Agostini, left, Train lead singer Patrick Monahan, Chris
Agostini, Jennifer Amman and Emily Hiser, both from Great
Lakes Wine, and Train lead guitarist Jimmy Stafford were all
smiles after the band concert at DTE Theater last week.
Frank Agostini from E.G. Nick's in Plymouth has catered planes
for nearly every music, sports and political celebrity departing
Metro Airport for several years.
See
Chef,
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