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September 3, 2015
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Ride on
Abandoned bikes donated to
Salvation Army by township
About a dozen youngsters in the area
will be receiving bicycles from the
Salvation Army this month, thanks to
PlymouthTownship.
Township officials approved the
donation of the bikes to the Salvation
Army from the police department where
they had been stored, either as evidence
or having been abandoned.
“I am so pleased that Plymouth
Township can partner with the Salvation
Army. Their programming for local fam-
ilies in need is outstanding,” said
Plymouth Township Supervisor
Shannon Price. “We worked with our
police chief and Department of Public
Works Department to ensure that the
bikes are safe and that it was no longer
necessary to keep them in storage.”
Bikes that needed repair will be sent to
the Trading Post on Ann Arbor Road
where they will be repaired free of
charge and then sent to the Salvation
Army for delivery to local children.
“The Salvation Army and Plymouth
Township have had a great working rela-
tionship, and we are just grateful for this
donation of bikes,” added Major Keith
Bailey of the Plymouth Salvation Army.
“This is going tohelp a lot of kids.”
“We have a great community that
includes good corporate citizens,” con-
tinuedPrice.
“I am proud that the township,
Salvation Army, and the Trading Post
could join together to do the right thing
andhelp families that are inneed.”
Individuals interested in obtaining a
bike should contact the Salvation Army
at (734) 453-5464.
Plymouth Township Supervisor Shannon Price, right, and Major Keith Bailey of the
Plymouth Salvation Army look over a few of the bikes the township donated recently.
The student run radio station of the
Plymouth Canton Community Schools dis-
trict has been named as a finalist for the
2015 National Association of Broadcasters
Marconi Radio Award for Non-
Commercial Station of theYear. This is the
second consecutive year that 88.1 The
Parkwas selected for the recognition.
TheMarconi Radio Awards were creat-
ed in 1989 and are named for inventor and
Nobel prize winner Guglielmo Marconi.
The awards recognize stations and indi-
viduals for excellence and performance in
21 separate categories and are among the
most prestigious awards in the broadcast
industry.
Plymouth Canton is the only high
school student operated station to receive
a nomination.
“We are honored to be included for a
second time with so many talented broad-
casters and well-established radio sta-
tions. Our staff works hard and shows
great dedication and being a finalist for
this award recognizes that,” said Caitlin
Flora, programdirector at 88.1.
The awards will be presented Oct. 1 at
the National Association of Broadcasters
26th anniversary dinner and show in
Atlanta, GA.
“We couldn't achieve this without the
support of the Plymouth-Canton
Community Schools, the board of educa-
tion, administrators and staff. We're lucky
to have been part of such a great commu-
nity,” saidStationManagerBill Keith.
that planned parking lot is in violation of
state regulations. Township officials,
including Township Supervisor
Shannon Price and Parks and Grants
Manager Mike Mitchell, were at the
meeting to discuss proposed corrections
and engineering changes.
Hae-Jin Yoon, Southeast Michigan
supervisor for MDEQ, said the township
needs to make improvements to comply
with state regulations, “so runoff water
goes inmore of anupland area.”
The townshiphad agreed to those cor-
rections and will incorporate the alter-
ations into the site following approval of
the plans by the state. Other problems at
the site include a “bad mix” of concrete
poured in the parking lot. According to
Price, the concrete contained a chemical
that would prevent proper hardening
and had to be broken up and removed.
The replacement concrete installation
was the responsibility of the supplier,
Price said, and will not add to the
$719,000 cost of the 209-car project,
according to Treasurer Ron Edwards
who is overseeing the parking lot con-
struction.
The environmentalists have been reg-
ularly sampling the waters that flow
through the park since 2003. They have
determined that the water quality in the
pond and stream is one of the best in the
126-mile longRougeRiver.
Wearing waders and carrying fine
mesh nets, the seven experts, led by
Petrella, waded into the creek and pond
to take their samples. They discovered
eight species in the stream and three
species in the pond, including the rare
Least Darter.
The Friends of the Rouge mission is
to promote restoration and stewardship
Rouge River through monitoring. The
group hosts educational projects to train
local teachers regarding the ecological
significance of the 467 square mile
watershed andRougeRiver.
Volunteer Sue Thompson of the
Wayne County Department of Public
Services-Water Quality, Philip Kukulski,
a high school science teacher and Alan
Van Kerckhove, a retired Detroit Water
and Sewer engineer, assisted in the
count and measurement of the 119 fish
found by the group. BobMuller, founding
member of the Royal Oak Nature
Society and official of the North
American Native Fishes Association
conducted the identification while
Petrella recorded the species.
In addition to the Least Darter the
environmentalists found Creek Chubs,
Bluegill, Fathead, Black nose, Large-
mouth bass, White Suckers, Mottled
Sculpin and a Jonny Darter. They also
found a 22-inch carp in the pond.
Petrella said she was disappointed
the township had yet to address the silt
they allowed to enter the mouth of the
stream that could endanger the habitat
of the sensitive fish species, something
officials had promised last week to cor-
rect.
“We'll be back,” Petrella said,
“We're very interested inwhat goes on
here.”
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Plymouth Canton
is the only high school
student operated station to
receive a nomination.
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Student radio station honored
