Area residents are invited to relive
those childhood moments of excitement,
joy and friendly competition during the
Third Annual Family Field Day andMovie
in the Park. This family friendly event will
begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11 in Heritage
Park, located west of Canton Center Road
betweenCherryHill andPalmerRoads.
Featured activities on the north side of
Heritage Parkwill include classic favorites
such as: potato sack races, shoe kicks, and
distance throw. Families can also learn
about fitness opportunities that take place
throughout the year through theFit Family
Challenge.
“If you're looking for some friendly com-
petition and summer-time fun, this is a
great event to take part in,” said Laura
Mortier, Canton Youth Recreation
Specialist. “Each year everyone looks for-
ward to this popular outdoor activity that
gets families to exercise together, encour-
ages team spirit, and then follows it all up
with a free movie in the park. What says
summermore than that?”
Presented by Canton Leisure Services,
the event is a great photo opportunity; so
attendees are reminded to bring a camera
to capture these fun memories. No pre-
registration is required. Registration fees
are $11 per family for Canton residents
and $13 per family for non-residents and
can be paid on-site; cash only, please.
Food, snacks, and popcorn will also be
available for purchase. The event is open
to the public and all ages are encouraged
to attend.
Following the Family Field Day events,
a special showing of theDCEntertainment
animated movie “The LEGO® Batman
Movie” (rated PG) will take place outside
in the park on the big screen starting at
dusk. Individuals who are not able to
attend the Family Field Day activities are
still encouraged to attend the freemovie.
For more information about Family
Field Day and Movie in the Park, visit
or call (734) 394-5460.
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Armed gunman robs Plymouth CVS
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Participants at the Annual Family Field Day and Movie in the Park enjoy the friendly
competition in the Potato Sack Race.
The entire area will be in the
dark for a while Aug. 21, and the
Plymouth District Library will
make the momentous occasion a
little safer for everyone.
A total solar eclipse will occur
on Monday, Aug. 21 and will be
completely visible only within a
band across the entire contiguous
United States and partially visi-
ble in the area of southeastern
Michigan. The last time a total
solar eclipse was visible across
the entire contiguous United
States was during the June 8,
1918 eclipse.
A solar eclipse occurs when
the moon passes between Earth
and the sun, thereby totally or
partly obscuring the image of the
sun for a viewer on Earth. A total
eclipse occurs when the appar-
ent diameter of the moon is larg-
er than the sun's, blocking all
direct sunlight, turning day into
darkness. Totality occurs in a nar-
row path across earth's surface,
with the partial solar eclipse visi-
ble over a surrounding region
thousands of kilometers wide,
according to astronomers.
This eclipse is the 22nd of the
77-member Saros series 145,
which also produced the solar
eclipse of Aug. 11, 1999. The
longest eclipse in this series will
occur on June 25, 2522 and last
for 7minutes and 12 seconds.
This upcoming eclipse is the
first visible solar eclipse from the
contiguous United States in 40
years. Thanks to the support of
the Bosch Community Fund,
there are free eclipse safety glass-
es available for pick up at the
front desk of the Plymouth
Library, officials said.
Library staff members will
also be at the Plymouth Farmer's
Market from 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 12 and have the
free eclipse glasses available.
Therewill also be hands-on activ-
ities for all ages that day.
A group viewing of the eclipse
is planned at Plymouth Township
Park from 12:30 until 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 21. Free safety glasses will
be availablewhile supplies last at
the
4-Seasons
Pavilion.
Attendees are encouraged to
bring a chair or blanket.
Plymouth Township officials and
the Bosch Community Fund are
making this event, hosted by the
PlymouthLibrary, possible.
For more information, visit
plymouthlibrary.org. The library
is located at 223MainSt. indown-
townPlymouth.
Plymouth Township Police are
continuing to investigate the
armed robbery of a CVS store
which took place at about 10 p.m.
last Saturday.
According to police reports,
officers were called to the CVS at
40900 Ann Arbor Road near
Haggerty at 9:58 p.m. Aug. 5 fol-
lowing a report of an armed rob-
bery.
Witnesses told the responding
officers that a man had entered
the store just prior to closing and
ordered the manger to lock the
doors. The suspect then had the
manager empty the cash registers
into a plastic grocery bag while
he restrained a second employee
while brandishing a handgun in
his right hand.
The suspect then ordered the
manager and employee towalk to
the office where he ordered the
manager to open the safe and
place all the bills into the grocery
bag, according to police reports of
the incident.
A witness, who was parked
outside the store, observed the
suspect exit the building and
enter the passenger side of a blue
SUV, possibly a Jeep. The driver
was described as a black male.
The vehicle left the parking lot
traveling on Haggerty Road in an
unknown direction, according to
police reports.
Witnesses described the sus-
pect as a black male, 6-feet tall
and weighing about 190 pounds.
He is further described as having
a dark complexion, and medium
build. At the time of the robbery,
the suspect was wearing a green
Michigan State University hood-
ed sweatshirt with the hood
pulled over his head, a white sur-
gical mask, sunglasses and a
baseball cap.
Police said the man took an
undetermined amount of money
from the store. Anyone who has
information about the robbery is
asked to call police at (734) 354-
3274.
days before his required exit.
Price and Conzelman received a
combined deposit of $7,550.00
while Lozier and Hammye
received a combined total of
$11,850. The plan, allows
employees to accumulate assets
tax-free for medical needs when
they retire. The township con-
tributes a set amount monthly
and employees are also allowed
tomake deposits.
“There has been no authori-
zation for this (enrollment) and
we can't find any justification.
This program is for only quali-
fied employees, and they also
made it retroactive to their eligi-
bility participation dates,” Vorva
said.
Township Supervisor Kurt
Heise said the distributions
made in Edwards' final two days
in office did not meet estab-
lished protocols and did not
have board of trustees' approval.
Heise added he believes past
practices likely allow for the
deputies to accept the distribu-
tion benefits in accord with the
HSA - the same plan offered to
union employees -but said there
was no policy or approval in
place to entitle Price and
Conzelman to receive the funds.
“The township has been
working with our benefit admin-
istrator and attorneys to under-
stand if any further action is
required and should the funds
be returned or are they legally
entitled,”Heise said.
Just months earlier, in
September 2016 after his loss in
the primary election, Edwards
pushed the board of trustees to
lower the retirement age and
revise the current vesting period
for officials' participation in the
defined contributionplan.
His proposal called for
employeeswith 5 years of senior-
ity to be considered 100-percent
vested or eligible for full pension
benefits calculated on salary
contributions during their
employment.
Edwards argued the munici-
pal Employees Retirement
System (MERS) Defined Benefit
Plan had a 10-year vesting sched-
ule and used the used the Police,
Dispatchers and Fire officers'
contracts as an example.
If the board members had
approved Edwards' proposal, it
would have rewarded him by
reducing the retirement age in
the township to 60 from 65 and
early retirement would be per-
mitted at age 55. Under Edwards'
proposed plan, Conzelman with
4-years seniority would have
received $60,846 and Price
$33,416 upon leaving office. The
trustees postponed his motion
indefinitely, without a set date
for further reviewor vote.
Vorva would not say what
action, if any, would be taken
regarding the payouts.
Payouts
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A group viewing
of the eclipse is planned
at Plymouth Township Park
from 12:30 until 4:30 p.m. Aug. 21.
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Special solar eclipse viewing set
Superintendent gets high marks
Students in the Plymouth
Canton Community Schools
weren't alone in having their
performance
graded.
Superintendent of Schools
Monica Merritt also received
an evaluation of her perform-
ance by members of the
Plymouth-Canton Community
SchoolsBoard of Education.
They gave Merritt a total
score of 89.4 percent for her
first year on the job. The eval-
uation was performed using a
template provided by the
Michigan Association of
School Administrators and
rated Merritt in five areas of
professional performance: gov-
ernance and board relations;
community relations; staff
relations; business and finance
and instructional leadership.
Merritt was named to the
top job during the 2015-2016
school year.
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