No. 30
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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July 27 – August 2, 2017
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The Senior Alliance
agency has unveiled a new
logo as part of the first
anniversary of the move to
the new campus on Venoy
Road inWayne.
See page 3.
Administrative operations
of the Northville Parks and
Recreation Department will
officially move to Northville
Township effective Jan. 1,
2018.
See page 2.
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While the deadline to
request a public hearing on a
permit to increase pressure
at the deep well injection
site in Romulus expired July
18, residents can still make
their opinions regarding the
modificationpermit known.
See page 5.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Members of the Westland
City Council approved a
motion for "For Sale" signs to
be placed on the Hawthorne
Valley site on Merriman
nearWayneRoad.
See page 3.
The Not In Our Town
Community Peace Rally is
planned for 6:30 until 8:30
p.m. Aug. 1 at the Heritage
Park North Pavilion in
Canton Township, part of
National Night Out.
See page 4.
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An information forum on
the two millage requests
from the Romulus School
District is planned tonight.
Voters in Inkster Precinct 1,
District 1 will vote on the
questions.
See page 5.
A former Burroughs exec-
utive has been found not
guilty of two felony charges
after a bench trial before
Wayne County Circuit Court
JudgeShannonN.Walker.
See page 4.
More than a thousand lit-
tle ducks will be launched in
Belleville Lake next month,
and the first to reach the fin-
ish line in Belleville Lake
will beworth $1,000.
See page 2.
The section of Ridge Road
between Warren and Hanford
roads will remain unpaved,
despite the approved contribu-
tion of $1.5 million from Wayne
County toward the expense.
A vote to approve the paving
project using the county road
funding and another $1.2 mil-
lion in township funding failed
by a 5-2 vote of the members of
the board of trustees last week,
prompting strong criticism from
several residents who had peti-
tioned and hoped for the
improvements.
Concerns
included health problems like
asthma exacerbated by the dust
fromthe unpaved road, potholes
which damage cars, speeding
vehicles and dangerous driving
conditions. One resident told the
board members the road condi-
tions were the worst they had
seen in 30 years.
While Township Supervisor
Pat Williams and Trustee John
Anthony voted in favor of the
paving project, the other five
members of the board opposed
the plan which had been negoti-
ated for several years with
WayneCounty.
Township Clerk Michael
Siegrist voted against the paving
plan saying that a study of the
road system throughout the
township was needed before
attempting to solve problems in
a piecemeal manner. Siegrist
said that hewanted to see a plan
rather than approve a project
because he thought it was the
Board stalls Ridge Road paving
Westland is the 43rd munici-
pality to join Michigan cities,
townships and villages that have
enacted comprehensive non-dis-
crimination ordinances that pro-
hibit discrimination based on,
among other things, sexual ori-
entation and gender identity in
employment, housing and pub-
lic accommodations.
“It was necessary that we just
didn't amend our existing ordi-
nance but create a new compre-
hensive one,” said Mayor
William R. Wild. “Inclusivity is
key to creating a friendly and
safework environment.”
The current ordinance will
be deleted and replaced and
claims of violations of the new
ordinance will now be filed with
the mayor and investigated by
him or his designee. Violations
of the ordinance would result in
a civil infraction with a fine of
up to $500.
Members of theWestlandCity
Council unanimously voted in
approval of the new ordinance
at the councilmeeting July 18.
These ordinances protect
more than 2.1 million Michigan
residents, but more than 7.8 mil-
lion remainunprotected.
Michigan is currently one of
32 states that do not provide
nondiscrimination protections
based on sexual orientation and
gender identity. There is no fed-
eral law that explicitly prohibits
this type of discrimination as
Title VI, which was part of the
Civil Rights act of 1964 protects
individuals from discrimination
based on race, color or national
origin and Title VII has, in the
past, been interpreted to only
prohibit discrimination based
on gender.
The proposed ordinance now
expands the non-discrimination
ordinance to prohibit discrimi-
nation inhousing practices, pub-
lic accommodation or employ-
ment based on race, color, reli-
gion, national origin, sex, age,
height, weight, pregnancy, mari-
tal status, physical or mental
limitation, income, family
responsibility, sexual orienta-
tion, gender identity or HIV sta-
tus. This broader ordinance is
See
Resolution,
page 3
Inclusivity is key
to creating a
friendly and safe
work environment.
”
Prostitutes
arrested
in Plymouth
Westland OK’s nondiscrimination rules
Acting on a tip from a Uber
driver last Sunday, Plymouth
Township police initiated an
undercover operation that
resulted in the arrest of two
Chinese females suspected of
engaging in prostitution at a
Plymouthhotel.
According to Plymouth
Township Det. Sgt. Bill Fetner,
the Uber driver who alerted
police became suspicious after
taking passengers first to an
ATM machine then to the
Comfort Inn located at 40455
Ann Arbor Road. Within hours,
officers working with Western
Wayne Community Response
Team, set up surveillance opera-
tions at the hotel located near I-
275.
Both women arrested were
later identified as Chinese
nationals and one was charged
with prostitution and arraigned
before 35th District Court Judge
Ronald W. Lowe Monday, July
17. The court entered a plea of
not guilty for the suspect. Fetner
said the second woman was not
charged pending further investi-
gation. The immigration status
of both women is under review
according to Police Chief Tom
Tiderington.
Prostitution, a misdemeanor
in Michigan carries a $500 fine
and 90 days in jail.
Tiderington said the suspect-
edprostitution operationmay be
part of a dedicated human traf-
ficking ring and the women vic-
tims. He declined to release
names and booking photos of the
twowomen arrested for that rea-
son.
“Their activity is not only ille-
gal but they could also be victims
of human trafficking crime,”
Tiderington said.
Appointed by Gov. Rick
Snyder, Tiderington is a second-
term member of the Michigan
Human Trafficking Commission
created in 2014. He also serves
on the commission Training and
Education Subcommittee. The
commission comprises more
than a dozen members who with
state law, health, policymaking
and legislative experts work to
protect human rights.
Township Supervisor Kurt
See
Paving,
page 4
See
Arrests,
page 4
Safety Day
Hospital hosts experts,
families for safety tips
Officials at Beaumont Hospital, Wayne cele-
brated their history with the community and
promoted safety at home at the 2nd Annual
Family SafetyAwarenessDay last week.
The event, which took place on hospital
grounds last Wednesday, brought more than 30
safety-related vendors to the community.
Representatives from police and fire agencies
from Wayne, Westland, the State of Michigan
and others manned obstacle courses and pro-
vided information to the more than 400 resi-
dentswho attended.
“I think it was a great turnout,” said
Adrienne Gall, an emergency department spe-
cialist at Beaumont Hospital, Wayne who coor-
dinated the event. “It was bigger than last year
and we were able to get more safety informa-
tion out to the community.”
The event featured fire obstacle courses, the
Westland Police Department K-9 unit,
MichiganSearch&Rescue, a driving simulator,
gun safety displays, ambulance tours, Lifeflight
of Michigan, a bicycle obstacle course, and
more. The Law Enforcement Education
Program (LEEP) was on hand to create child
identification kits, too.
Thirty bikes were given away to children
who completed all the activities on the ground.
The bikes were donated by Encore Services,
Medical Executive Leadership team and the
trauma physicians at the hospital. Also, 210
bike helmets were fitted and provided to atten-
dees.
Don Howard
Staff Writer
See
Safety,
page 3
Tom Jenkins, of the Law Enforcement Education Program, right, fingerprints Isabella Biro, 6,
while her brother Noah Biro, 7, and her mom, Elizabeth Biro look on. The family is from Canton
Township.
Firefighter Tim Webb, of the Huron Township
Fire Department, guides children through the
fire training obstacle course. Patrick Bedoun, 6,
of Canton, works his way through the fire train-
ing obstacle course.
