No. 34
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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August 20 – 26, 2015
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The Kroger store on
Michigan Avenue in Wayne
will close at the end of the
year to make way for the
expansion of an adjacent
business.
See page 3.
The winner of a raffle
sponsored by the Plymouth
Kiwanis Foundation and the
Kiwanis Club of Colonial
Plymouth can have dinner
anywhere in theworld.
See page 5.
Northville Board of
Education members will
appoint a new trustee to fill a
vacancy created by the resig-
nation of Board Vice
President Scott Craig.
See page 3.
A question regarding pos-
sible exit interviews with
employees leaving the dis-
trict remained unaddressed
by members of the Van
Buren school board.
See page 4.
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The
Family
and
Consumer
Science
Educators of Michigan have
selected Romulus High
School educator Lisa
Willerick as their 2015
teacher of the year.
See page 4.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Westland will receive $2.3
million in federal funding to
hire 13 new firefighters for 2
years as part of the (Staffing
for Adequate Fire and
Emergency Response) pro-
gram.
See page 3.
Canton Leisure Services
is helping families kick off
fall and the back-to-school
season with an Open House
from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday,
Aug. 26 at Summit on the
Park.
See page 5.
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An Inkster man has been
charged in the death of a 37-
year-oldOnsteadwoman in a
vehicle collision in Pittsfield
Township.
See page 4.
Officials from the Michigan
Department of Environmental
Quality (MDEQ) have determined
that the 4-acre, 209-spot parking
lot under construction in
McClumpha Park in Plymouth
Township is in violation of state
regulations.
Following a second meeting
with state regulators early
Monday morning, Hae-Jin Yoon,
Southeast Michigan supervisor
for the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality (MDEQ)
said the township needs to make
improvements to comply with
state regulations by changing the
location of the outflowat the park-
ing lot site, “so runoff water goes
inmore of anupland area.”
Yoon said with the current
design most of the (runoff) water
goes into storm drains that empty
too close to the valley which is a
designated Rouge River sub-
watershed. The storm drains lead
to perforated underground pip-
ing. Runoff water, Yoon explained,
can contain many types of con-
taminants, including gas and oil
from automobiles which can seri-
ously threatenwater quality.
“They (Plymouth Township)
need to change the location of the
outflow…” Yoon explained. She
was referring to is the same area
township officials have designat-
ed for proposed construction of an
outdoor amphitheater where veg-
etation was removed and core
drillings for soil samples were
completed last year.
This was the second meeting
with the MDEQ officials and the
township. Yoon and Wayne
County Water Quality Analyst
Andrew Bahrou met with
Township Supervisor Shannon
Price, Township Park Director
Mike Mitchell, Township
Engineer Patrick Felrath and
David Richmond, project manag-
er from Spalding DeDecker, the
consulting engineers who
replaced the original project engi-
neering firm, on Aug. 7 to discuss
changes to the plans that would
mitigate the problems and bring
the township into compliance
with recommended MDEQ
requirements.
Following the second meeting
on Monday, both Yoon and Sally
Petrella, volunteer monitoring
programmanager fromFriends of
the Rouge, confirmed that the
township was in the process of
developing revised drawings and
delving into the plans. Yoon said
the township had agreed to
change the plans to mitigate the
water flow. Price did not attend
the meeting Monday morning but
said that his understanding of the
meetingwas that it went well.
“Everybody's on the same
page…nobody's trying to hide any-
thing, everybody's happy,” Price
said.
“They are addressing the prob-
lems,”Yoon saidMonday. “They're
changing the outfall location to go
up stream.”
Petrella said the township also
promised to clean silt out of the
See
Park,
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Aw shucks!
Annual Lions Club Corn
Roast set this Saturday
Michael Rivera was sen-
tenced to life in prison by
Wayne County Circuit Court
Judge James Callahan last
week, following his conviction
on charges of plotting to mur-
der his teenage girlfriend's
Plymouth Township family last
October.
Rivera, now 24, and Roksana
Sikorski, 14 at the time of the
attack, were each accused of
four counts of conspiracy to
commit murder, one count of
attempted murder, one count of
using a computer to commit a
crime and felonious assault
with a dangerous weapon. A
jury found Rivera guilty of all
charges July 23. Sikorski, being
tried as an adult despite her
age, is scheduled to go to trial in
October.
Sikorski was 15 when she
and Rivera allegedly plotted to
kill her parents, sister and
brother so they could run away
together and he could avoid
sexual misconduct charges her
parents had filed against him in
an attempt to separate the two.
Sikorski allegedly slashed the
throat of her sleeping 12-year-
old brother whose screams
alerted the rest of the family.
Investigators said at the time
that Sikorski fled the home,
leaving behind her cell phone
on which they found messages
between her and Rivera, who
was 22 at the time, including
explicit instructions on ways to
kill her family by slitting their
throats as they slept.
Sikorski and Rivera were
arrested the next morning at
his Detroit home and both have
remained in custody since that
time. Prosecutor Kym Worthy
opted to charge Sikorski as an
Onika Adrenelle-Cannon
Fields, 39, reportedly of Detroit,
will face second-degree murder
and driving on a suspended
license charges in the death of a
RomuluswomanAug. 12.
Police said that Fields was
fleeing another hit-and-run acci-
dent when she struck the vehicle
of 67-year-old Alzada Dolencic at
the intersection of Merriman and
Van Born roads inWayne at about
2 p.m. last Wednesday. Other pas-
sengers were also injured in the
crash, according to police reports.
Fields was arraigned last
Friday morning by 29th District
Court Judge Laura Mack on
charges of second-degree murder,
and driving while license sus-
pended, causing death. She
entered a not guilty plea and
remains in custody in lieu of a
$10,000 cash bond. Her prelimi-
nary court examination is set for
Sept. 1.
Investigators said that Fields
ignored a red light and crashed
into a vehicle at the intersection
of Middlebelt and Van Born roads
in Westland and then “fled at a
high rate of speed.”
Police said Fields had earlier
ignored another red light in
Romulus, causing a rear-end col-
lision when another motorist was
forced to slam on his brakes
abruptly. While she was not
directly involved in that collision,
police said, her actions apparent-
ly caused that crash.
Police from Wayne, Westland
and Romulus blocked numerous
streets surrounding the area of
the fatal collision during the
investigation. Police said that
Fields was partially through the
intersection when the fatal crash
occurred.
Dolencic had reportedly just
left her doctor's office and was
only about a mile from her home
when the crash took place. She
was airlifted to a hospital for
treatment of her injuries but died
the same day.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym
L. Worthy said, “The alleged
defendant's conduct in this case
was dangerous to everyone who
was on Wayne County roads at 2
p.m. Aug. 12. Cars can be a mur-
der weapon just like a gun or a
knife.”
Don Howard
Staff Writer
There's a lot more to the annual Lions
ClubCornRoast than corn.
Sure, the corn is fresh-picked and gen-
tly roasted to perfection over charcoal
grills, but in addition, there are hot dogs,
baked beans, watermelon, ice cream, cot-
ton candy and sno-cones, all for a free-
will offering.
Members of theCantonLions Clubwill
host their annual Corn Roast at the
Cady/Boyer Barn from11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 22. The barn is located in
Preservation Park on Ridge Road, just
northof CherryHill Road.
In addition to the menu of favorites,
the Lions will host the Canton
Community Concert Band, official band
of the Village Theater, to provide musical
entertainment while the Canton
Historical Society will show life as it was
in the past with various demonstrations.
Professionals from Ear Center
Audiology will provide free hearing
checks and there will be face painting
and a balloon twister.
A bounce house is planned and
Leader Dog School will have puppy rais-
ers and dogs for the blind on site along
with a petting farm for youngsters.
Project Kids Sight will identify sight
impairments children and Seedling
Braille Books will demonstrate books for
the blind.
The Sisters of the Union will be wear-
ing attire from the Victorian era while
they cook some of themenu items and the
VillageWellness Center will provide mas-
sages for those tiredbacks.
In addition, there will be wood carvers
sculpturing various pieces during the
afternoon.
The corn roast is an all-you-can-eat
event and is based on a free-will offering
from those who attend. All funds raised
through donations will be used to assist
the charities supported by theLions Club.
A 50-50 and gift basket raffles will take
place during the event, a spokesman said.
The Canton Lions Club serves both the
Belleville and Canton areas. Membership
is open and meeting take place monthly
at Rose's Restaurant, 201 N. Canton
CenterRoad inCanton.
For more information, call Lions Club
member Bill Van Winkle at (734) 254-9404
or email
or visit
Cantonlions.org.
See
Murder,
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They (Plymouth Township)
need to change the
location of the outflow…
”
Teen’s boyfriend to spend life in prison for plot
Woman faces murder charges in Wayne crash
State requires corrections at park project
