No. 32
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August 17 – 23, 2017
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A 30-year-old Wayne man
has been charged with first-
degree murder and first-
degree child abuse in the
death of his 2-year-old son
last October.
See page 3.
For the first time in 45
years, 300 historic homes in
the City of Northville will be
studied and evaluated for
their significance in the com-
munity.
See page 4.
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A former border control
agent and Boy Scout leader
from Romulus has been sen-
tenced to five years proba-
tion after pleading guilty to
criminal sexual conduct.
See page 2.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Only 12.26 percent of the
61,024 voters in Westland
cast ballots in the primary
election last Tuesday to
choose the slate of candi-
dates for the Nov. 7 city
council election.
See page 3.
Bob's Old Fashioned Corn
Roast, a free event, will take
place from 11 a.m. until 5
p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 at
Connection Church, 3855
Sheldon Road in Canton
Township.
See page 5.
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Wayne County Executive
Warren Evans stopped by
the annual picnic for Inkster
senior citizens organized by
the Inkster Commission on
Aging earlier thismonth.
See page 4.
The wishes of the late
Jack Wilcox will be honored
with the installation of a new
fountain in Kellogg Park
dedicated to the memory of
his parents.
See page 5.
Henry Ford, Thomas
Edison
and
Harvey
Firestone are inviting area
residents to dinner as a
fundraising effort for the
BellevilleAreaMuseumAug.
31.
See page 2.
Elusive
contractor
‘served’ at
fundraiser
There is a new library board
in theCity ofWestland.
Following months of contro-
versy and the subsequent resig-
nation of the entire library
board, members of the city
council confirmed the appoint-
ment of five new members of
the body during their most
recentmeeting.
“In light of the unique situa-
tion of appointing an entirely
new library board, I reached
out to The Library Network,
which is the largest library
cooperative in the State of
Michigan, serving over 2.4 mil-
lion residents, to oversee the
vetting process of potential can-
didates,” commented Mayor
WilliamR.Wild.
Fourteen
residents
expressed an interest in serving
on the boardwhich oversees the
library director and operations
at the facility. Library Network
Director James Pletz forwarded
the names of the top five candi-
dates for consideration to Wild
which he then submitted to the
council members for their con-
firmation.
Appointed to the boardwere:
• Julie Herrin, who has more
than 38 years of library adminis-
tration experience. Her back-
ground includes extensive work
with library boards, strategic
plan development and over-
sight, plus staff management in
a collective bargaining environ-
ment. Herrin was appointed to
a five-year term which will
expireAug. 7, 2022.
• Kathryn Sample, the current
finance director for the City of
Wayne. Sample has seven years
of management experience for
a local non-profit organization.
She will complete an unexpired
term that will expire Aug. 15 of
2021.
• Gayle Nicholson, a long-term
Westland resident with exten-
Fourteen residents expressed
an interest in serving on the board
which oversees the library
director and operations at the facility.
”
Council approves new library board
See
Board,
page 3
Republican Party supporter
and one-time party official, Sam
Baki received an unexpected
acknowledgement of his pres-
ence at a recent political
fundraiser in Livonia. After two
months of failed attempts, 35th
District Court officers were final-
ly able to hand the principle offi-
cer of SRRAB, Inc. a summons
from Plymouth Township
demanding his appearance in
court to answer charges related
to damaged cable lines.
Plymouth Township officials
confirmed successful service of
the court summons to Baki, a
one-time licensed contractor and
officer of township vendor
SRRAB, after months of frustra-
tion. Those familiar with the case
say addresses used by Baki were
non-existent and he could not be
found at his official registered
voter address during several vis-
its.
Baki, 55, was being sought by
the court to answer a small
claims complaint filed by
Township Clerk Jerry Vorva on
June 13 in an effort to collect
$3,652.87. An affidavit signed by
Vorva and filed in the 35th
District Court alleges that care-
less excavation while Baki's
employees were installing a
wooden fence in McClumpha
Park in August 2016 severed
cable lines owned by Wide Open
West (WOW).
State records show Baki as
listed the resident agent of
SRRAB and as an active licensed
Realtor. According to state
records, Baki held an individual
builder license that lapsed in
2006.
Invoices fromBaki's firmwere
also cited in a forensic audit of
Hilltop Golf Course performed
by Plante Moran and completed
in June. The findings included
what appear to be duplicate
billings, fictitious invoices, ques-
tionable purchase orders and the
potential manipulation of
address data, according to the
audit report.
According to invoices submit-
ted to the township for payment,
SRRAB, Inc. is located at 38901
PlymouthRoad inLivonia.
Court records state officers
Voters in the Romulus
Community School District
defeated two proposals on the
ballot last Tuesday.
A renewal of the district
operating millage for 10 years
was rejected by voters by at
total of 967 votes against and
723 votes in favor of the propos-
al.
A second request for a sink-
ing fund millage to fund
improvements in technology,
building security and vocation-
al education was also defeated
by a total of 668 votes against
the question and 309 votes in
favor of the request.
Only 1,703 of the 17,078 regis-
tered voters took part in the
election, less than 10 percent.
Of those, 987were absentee bal-
lots with only 716 voters at the
polls on electionday.
“The Romulus Community
School District is disappointed
at the results of (Tuesday's)
election. Our board of educa-
tion will take these results
under advisement and will
soon inform the community of
our next steps. Clearly, without
sufficient funding to safely
maintain all of our facilities, we
will have to begin the process of
evaluating our facilities' usage
and how that usage best
addresses the education needs
of our students,” stated the
members of the board of educa-
tion in a prepared statement
following the announcement of
the vote.
“In the future, we hope we're
able to more clearly illustrate
the schools' needs in our com-
munity and to earn our voters'
support,” said school board sec-
retaryRobertMcLachlan.
See
Summons,
page 5
Petite perfection
Young acrobatic dancers to appear in Canton
Don Howard
Staff Writer
The Los Angeles-based, Le
PeTiT CiRqUe, the only juve-
nile humanitarian cirque com-
pany in the world, will bring
their eye-popping perform-
ance to the Village Theater in
Canton.
The professional-level chil-
dren, 6 - 14 years of age, are
the winners of 14 National
Youth Awards and are in
development of their own net-
work TV series, Wonderkids.
They have appeared with
Ellen DeGeneres in her Gap
Kids ad campaign and with
Steve Harvey on Little Big
Shots on NBC. They have also
performed across the U.S. and
internationally in Dubai,
Canada andCostaRica.
These
world-class
aerial/circus arts child prodi-
gies have mesmerized audi-
ences worldwide with their
impressive talent, skill level,
and youth.
"Directing young prodigies
is such an honor, a humbling
experience with a huge pay-
back. It's beautiful to see God's
gifts giving back. We seek new
faces in dance, acrobatics, con-
tortion, circus, martial arts,
hula hoopers, singers, and
musicians constantly to tour
the world with us in our
humanitarian work and con-
tinue to spread hope and some
joy," said Nathalie Yves
Gaulthier, company founder
anddirector.
Le PeTiT CiRqUe will per-
form at The Village Theater in
Canton Township at 7 p.m.
Aug. 26. The show runs for
about anhour.
Tickets can be purchased
for $65, and printed at home or
held in will call, anytime from
at no extra charge. The box
office is open between 10 a.m.
and 2 p.m. weekdays. Tickets
can also be ordered by phone
at (734) 394-5300 x3, with a Visa
or MasterCard between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
weekdays. If tickets are avail-
able, they can also be pur-
chased one hour prior to pro-
gram time. All tickets are
reserved seating.
The Village Theater at
Cherry Hill is located at 50400
Cherry Hill Road, Canton. For
more information, call (734)
394-5300 or visit
-
tonvillagetheater.org.
Performers from PeTiT CiRqUe demonstrate some of the skill that has won them 14 National
Youth Awards. They will perform at The Village Theater in Canton Aug. 26.
In the future, we hope we're able to more
clearly illustrate the schools' needs in our
community and to earn our voters' support.
”
Romulus voters reject millages
