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August 2 - 8, 2012
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Families in Wayne and
Westland who may find the
fees for recreational programs
a little steep can find help
from the Wayne Parks and
Recreation
Department
Foundation.
See page 3.
Mayor Alan R. Lambert
said an impressive new enclo-
sure installed at Detroit
Metropolitan Airport should
have a huge impact on reduc-
ing aircraft noise.
See page 5.
Plymouth Township resi-
dent and declared candidate
for supervisor Richard
Sharland attended his second
meeting in twoweekswithCity
of Detroit officials.
See page 4.
Jennifer Bugar, a Northville
High School graduate, has
been named assistant program
supervisor at the special edu-
cation center programs at
CookeSchool inNorthville.
See page 4.
A 37-year-old teacher in the
Van Buren schools was
arraigned in 34th District
Court Tuesday on charges sur-
rounding her relationshipwith
a 15-year-oldboy.
See page 5.
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Former 22nd District Court
administrator and magistrate
Pamela Anderson has filed a
second lawsuit against Chief
Judge Sylvia James, the court
and theCity of Inkster.
See page 3.
For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Two Detroit men have been
charged with theft and evi-
dence tampering in the ongo-
ing investigation of the deaths
of two Westland teens last
week.
See page 3.
Voters from throughout the area will be
asked to make their choices on everything from
school millages to congressional candidates
next Tuesdaywhen the polls open at 7 a.m.
The choices for some will be simple, but for
many eliminatingmultiple candidates from this
preliminary ballot will determine which candi-
dates face the voters again inNovember.
All Wayne County voters will be asked
whether they support a tax levy of up to .02
mills for 10 years to support the Detroit
Institute of Arts. Supporters of the millage have
said this could allow free admission to the facil-
ity for those in Wayne County if voters approve
the levy.
County voters will also be asked to renew a
millage of .9381 to pay for Wayne County Jail
expenses. The request is a rollback to the 2011
rate and would be in effect for 10 years, if
approved.
InRomulus, the school district is asking for a
continuation of the current operating millage
that voters approved. The proposal renews the
district's ability to levy 5.1314 mills for another
five years. The current millage expired last
year and would be levied on principal resi-
dents, qualified agricultural property, qualified
forest property, supportive housing property,
industrial personal property and commercial
personal property in the district.
Viewers who tuned into the
E! Entertainment new series,
Opening Act, recently got a
look at TwentyForSeven, a
group fromCantonTownship.
See page 4.
See
Vote,
page 2
County voters will also be asked to
renew a millage of .9381 to pay for
Wayne County Jail expenses.
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Voters to make choices next Tuesday
For more than half a century,
a portrait of one of the best-
known names in Northville lan-
guished in amuseumstoreroom.
Not any longer. A portrait of
William H. Maybury has been
returned to Northville, restored
and repaired, courtesy of
researchers and conservators at
the Detroit Institute of Arts. The
refurbished portrait of the man
who dedicated most of his life to
civic duties and founded
Maybury Sanatorium was hung
in the downtown Northville
Library last week where it will
remain on long-term loan,
according to DIA Head of
Conservation and Painting
Conservationist
Alfred
Ackerman, a Northville resi-
dent..
An original oil painting of
Maybury, for whom Maybury
State Park is named, by Scottish
artist James RaeburnMiddleton,
was restored at no cost to the
community by Ackerman, who
worked the job in between other
restorationwork at themuseum.
“The portrait was by a fairly
major artist,” Ackerman said of
James Raeburn Middleton who
painted the portrait. “He was a
member of the Scottish Royal
Academy until 1910 and then
there are no more records of
him,” he said.
Ackerman said researchers at
the DIA are still looking into the
history of Middleton who they
now suspect emigrated to
America, became a citizen and
painted the Maybury portrait as
part of the Public Works of Art
Project during the 1930s.
“We suspect he came here
and applied for work through
the program,” Ackerman said.
Maybury's portrait was discov-
ered by researchers as part of an
effort by the U.S. Government to
discover exactly where these
works were stored. The painting
is the property of the U.S.
General Services Administration
Fine Arts Division, Ackerman
said and was commissioned in
the 30s.
Terry Segal, a registrar at the
DIA, was attempting to track
down the government-owned art
when she came across the por-
trait and noticed the artist's
name. She showed the piece to a
museum conservator and
research led them to discover
that the painting was of Maybury,
completed in early 1934.
According to a DIA document
The sights, sounds and smells
of ground and air warfare over
WorldWar II Europewill come to
life this weekend at the Thunder
OverMichiganAir Show.
Kevin T. Walsh of the Yankee
Air Museum is the air show
director this year and helped
bring the reenactment and other
attractions to the show.
"It's exciting to re-invent the
show each year and bring new
and exciting acts to the state," he
said.
Prior to the weekend show,
there will be a parade of World
War II vehicles and actors
through downtown Belleville.
The parade will begin at Victory
Park at 6 p.m. Friday and contin-
ue until about 7:45. The parade
will march down Main Street to
High Street where the vehicles
will be on display. World War II
planes will fly over the parade
route during the event.
Walsh said one of theweekend
highlights will be the World War
II Battle Reenactment that will
begin at about 11 a.m. on both
Saturday and Sunday. The "bat-
tle"will include historical re-
enactors and restored vintage
aircraft tanks, half-tracks and
Area residents who were
patients at Oakwood Annapolis
Hospital from Jan. 15 to Sept. 15 of
2007 may need to undergo testing
forHepatitis C.
A healthcare employee has
been accused of infecting patients
at several local hospitals by substi-
tuting used syringes for the sterile
injectable pain medications
patients should have been receiv-
ing.
The Michigan Department of
Community Health confirmed that
David Kwiatkowski previously
worked in at least six Michigan
facilities from 2003-2007. He has
been infected with Hepatitis C
since at least June 2010, according
to a state health department
spokesman.
Kwiatkowski was arrested
recently in New Hampshire for
allegedly obtaining injectable nar-
cotics, using them on himself and
refilling the syringes with water or
other fluids and then using the
infected syringe on patients,
infecting them with the Hepatitis
Cvirus he carried.
Hepatitis C is a bloodborne
viral infection, estimated to infect
1.6 percent of the U.S. population.
It can cause inflammation of the
liver that may lead to chronic
health issues.
The state health department
spokesperson said that anyone
who was a patient at any of the
facilities where Kwiatkowski
worked during the identified time
periods and received an injectable
narcoticmay be at risk.
Patients are urged to contact
their primary care provider or the
hospital regarding Hepatitis C
testing.
“Hepatitis C is a chronic condi-
tion that can damage the liver for
many years without noticeable
symptoms,” said Dean Sienko,
interim chief medical executive of
the Michigan Department of
Community Health. “Our goal of
recommending testing is to ensure
the appropriate use of the modern
medicine now available to prevent
deaths from hepatitis. In order to
help potentially affected individu-
als, we are asking patients to get
tested to protect their health.”
Kwiatkowski also worked at
Sinai Grace Hospital from June to
October 2005, at Harper Hospital
from October to September 2006
and at the University of Michigan
Hospital from September to
December 2006.
Weekend air show to benefit Yankee Air Museum
Hospital patients urged to test for disease
See
Planes,
page 2
Lost and found
Portrait of William Maybury
restored, loaned to library
See
Maybury,
page 2
Detroit Institute of Arts Conservationist Alfred Ackerman, a Northville
resident, works on the restoration of the William Maybury portrait.
Portrait before restoration
Portrait after restoration