No. 36
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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September 3 – 9, 2015
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Wayne Memorial High
School JROTC instructor
Steven La Haine was award-
ed theGold Instructor Award
and the Senior Army
Instructor of theYear Award.
See page 3.
About a dozen youngsters
in the area will be receiving
bicycles from the Salvation
Army this month, thanks to
PlymouthTownship.
See page 5.
Katie E. Booth has been
named as new principal of
Northville Public Schools
Silver Springs Elementary
School.
See page 4.
The Belleville Chamber
of Commerce will honor the
2015 community award win-
ners at a special celebration
Sept. 25.
See page 2.
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The Romulus Public
Library is now offering
downloadable
media
through Odilo, a new eBooks
service and a Freegal, a
music service.
See page 2.
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A record number 26
Westland teens participated
in the 2015WildAbout Youth
-Works! Summer Employ-
ment Program, the youth
employment task force.
See page 3.
The Still Got It' Players
production of The Red
Velvet Cake War, will take to
the state at the Village
Theater at Cherry Hill in
Canton thisweek.
See page 4.
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Middlebelt
Baptist
Church in Inkster is plan-
ning another clothing give-
away event from 9 a.m. until
2 p.m. onSaturday, Sept. 12.
See page 3.
When the 60th Annual
Plymouth Fall Festival begins
next weekend, visitors will find
the traditional attractions and
booths in place, along with a
few new attractions and some
changes.
Festival President Eric Joy
said he and the Festival
Committee, including Frank
Agostini fromE.G. Nick's restau-
rant, James Geitzen from JAG
Entertainment and Mike
Reynolds, had to make a few
changes this year.
The festival can no longer
use Union Street so the craft
show has been moved from the
usual location on Union to
Penniman nearMain Street, Joy
explained.
“This will give them a lot
more exposure,” he said. “I
think this will be a good move
for them.” The popular car
show has been moved to Forest
Street, where the entire street
will be closed to traffic to
accommodate the expected
crowds who come to admire the
work of Detroitmotor artists.
“We think this will bring peo-
ple into that side of town and
ease some of the downtown traf-
fic and the flow of foot traffic.
This should give the car show
more exposure, too,” Joy said.
To accommodate those
moves, the drop off point for the
free shuttle service provided by
Praise Baptist Church also had
to be moved to Penniman
Avenue, between Harvey and
Main streets.
“We will block off a couple of
parking places to accommodate
the vans and the bus,” Joy said.
“This is the best way to come to
the festival. Last year, they aver-
aged 7 minutes a trip. Try to
find a parking spot in that time.”
The church, located at 45000
North Territorial Road, will
provide free parking and be
open so that there is no threat of
standing in the hot sun or rain
waiting for a shuttle.
“Hey, I can park anywhere
during the festival, and I use it,”
Joy said of the free shuttle serv-
ice.
The Civitans Taste Fest, the
first event of the festival will
take place from 6-8 p.m. Friday,
See
Festival,
page 6
The Canton Community
Foundation will host the 6th
Annual Veterans' Summit from
8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 3 at VisTaTechCenter.
The event will offer a panel
of experts to address issues fac-
ing veterans fromWorld War II
era to those just returning
home.
Topics covered during the
event include health care ben-
efits, service-connected disabil-
ities, advancement in civilian
education or job force, commu-
nity opportunities, and one on
one timewith counselors.
Representatives fromArrow
Strategies, Iraq 6 Afghanistan
Veterans of America, the
Michigan DMVA, Michigan
Fitness Foundation, TeamRed,
White and Blue, Quicken
Loans, VA Hospital Volunteer
Coordinators and others will
be onhand.
Pre-registration is required
for the free event as a bar-
beque lunch featuring
Michigan craft beers will be
provided.
The event is designed for all
veterans and their families,
organizers said.
Space is limited and early
registration
is
urged.
VisTaTech Center is located at
Schoolcraft College, 18600
HaggertyRoad inLivonia.
For more information or to
register, call (734) 495-1200.
The event is co-sponsored
by the Dewitt C. Holbrook
CharitableTrust.
Attendance boundaries for
Moraine Elementary School in
Northville may undergo some
changes, according to school
administrators.
Superintendent of Schools
Mary Kay Gallagher said in a
letter to parents that popula-
tion growth in the district has
the potential to increase the
student enrollment during the
next several years. She said
that the growth is positive but
that it does have the potential
to overcrowd the classroom
capacity atMoraine.
The district is proposing
some adjustments to the atten-
dance boundaries for Moraine
which will move students from
any new housing developments
to Thornton Creek and/or
Ridge Wood elementary
schools. This new proposal
does not impact existing
Northville Public Schools fami-
lies, Gallagher said.
Proposed
attendance
boundary adjustments include:
*Moving new or future hous-
ing developments located west
of Maybury State Park,
between Seven and Eight Mile
roads, currently part of the
Moraine attendance area, to
the Thornton Creek attendance
area.
*Moving the housing devel-
opment being built south of the
Bellagio subdivision at Beck
and Eight Mile roads, currently
in the Moraine attendance
area, to the Thornton Creek
attendance area.
*Moving the Montcaret sub-
division, currently under devel-
opment at Seven Mile and
Ridge roads, along with any
new development at the north-
west corner of Six Mile and
Ridge Road (directly across
from Ridge Wood) from the
Moraine attendance area to the
RidgeWood attendance area.
The proposed boundary
adjustments address areas cur-
rently under development or
slated for potential future
development, but where no
Northville school district stu-
dents currently reside,
Gallagher said. The boundary
adjustments would not impact
families with students current-
ly enrolled at Moraine,
Thornton Creek or Ridge
Wood., Board and district offi-
cials believe it is important to
act before Moraine becomes
overcrowded and before fami-
lies begin moving into these
new neighborhoods, to ensure
See
Boundary,
page 4
This is the best way to come to the festival.
Last year, they averaged 7 minutes a trip.
Try to find a parking spot in that time.
”
The boundary adjustments would
not impact families with students
currently enrolled at Moraine,
Thornton Creek or Ridge Wood.
”
Foundation sets Annual Veterans’ Summit date
Northville considers school boundary change
60th Fall Festival begins next week
Watchful eye
Environmental group
returns to Plymouth Park
Environmentalists from the Friends of
the Rouge visited the creek and pond at
McClumpha Park in Plymouth Township
last week to again monitor the impact of
the 4-acre parking lot under construction
at the site.
The group has been concerned about
the impact of groundwater run-off and
debris entering the waters of the creek
and pond, particularly after a rare
species of fish called the Least Darter
was discovered in the water. Members of
the volunteer group met at the park last
Friday morning to conduct another sam-
pling of the water quality as construction
continues.
Volunteer Monitoring Program
Manager Sally Petrella was also in the
park last week to talk about mitigation
with officials from the Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality
(MDEQ) who had previously determined
See
Park,
page 5
Don Howard
Staff Writer
Photos by Don Howard
