The Know Our Neighbor series contin-
ues at the Plymouth District Library with
the traveling exhibit, We Don't Want
Them: Race and Housing in Metropolitan
Detroit, 1900-1968.
The exhibit and an informative pro-
gram will come to the library this month
thanks to local committee, Know Our
Neighbor, and the Michigan Roundtable
forDiversity and Inclusion.
Having been viewed by more than
400,000 people, the exhibit will examine
the regional history of segregation and dis-
crimination and its effect on racial equity.
The information is shared through histori-
cal photographs, documents, and personal
stories with display components on all
three floors of the library, through
Wednesday, Oct. 3.
The Michigan Roundtable will lead a
panel discussion at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 26 to examine how local and nation-
al policies, along with major events
impacted all residents and shaped the
region. Panelists include Peter Hammer,
director of the Damon J. Keith Center for
Civil Rights and Wayne State University
Law School professor; Jamon Jordan,
president of the Detroit Branch of the
Association for the Study of African
American Life and History and Ellen
Elliott, local historian and researcher.
Know Our Neighbor is a grass-roots
organization of Plymouth area individuals
who seek to help area residents become
more familiar with the different customs
and qualities of diverse cultures that
reside within our communities, a
spokesman said. The Michigan
Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion is
a statewide organization, whosemission is
“Serving as a catalyst for change, we
develop, organize and empower individu-
als and communities to advance equity
and opportunity for all.”
Registration is required for the Sept. 26
program - go to plymouthlibrary.org and
click on Events. The Plymouth District
Library is located at 223 S. Main St. in
downtownPlymouth.
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Armed Robbery suspect in
custody of federal authorities
a long-termproblem,” he said.
Although the board members recently
approved the purchase of a new fire truck,
the vehicle will not be delivered until May
2019. The $660,000 fire-pumper apparatus
will be partly paid for with state grant funds,
with the township share being approximate-
ly $260,000.
Phillips said the department is forced to
use a 29-year-old fire truck and a 15-year-old
ambulance every day for emergencies, vehi-
cles that need constant maintenance. He
said the other fire trucks are 26 and 18 years
old.
“We're using equipment from the '80s.”
Phillips said.
The fire department currently has a total
of 21 firefighter-paramedics to serve all
shifts between the three fire stations. In July
the board approved the hire of three addi-
tional personnel that will soon increase the
department complement to 24.
Phillips said he is hopeful the recently
approved combined ballot proposal for a
public safetymillage is approved by voters in
the Nov. 6 election. The proposal will
impose a 1.2 mill tax levy for a period of 18
years to fund the township police and fire
departments and address an unfunded $25
million pension and health care liability
inherited from the past administration. The
millage is expected to raise about $2.1 mil-
lion in the first year.
Phillips says he's confident the additional
millage will permit the fire department to
achieve recommended staffing levels for the
first time in years and give him the ability to
establish a stable capital improvement plan
to maintain funding for both vehicles and
equipment.
In 2012, township officials cut fire depart-
ment staffing in half, closed the Lake Pointe
Fire Station and returned the only aerial
ladder truck to the Northville-Plymouth City
FireDepartment.
The SAFER grant regulations allow the
township 180 days to hire the new firefight-
ers. If for any reason the township is not able
to keep upwith their share of the funding for
the new hires, all SAFER grant funds would
have to be returned toFEMA.
Grant
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WAYNE COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
In accordance with the provisions of Section 224.18 of, Act 283 of the Public Acts of
1909, as amended, seven or more freeholders have Petitioned the County of Wayne
("County") to absolutely abandon and discontinue the following public road right-of-way:
All that portion of Yost Road (varying width) in the Northwest 1/4 and Northeast 1/4
of Section 3, Town 3 South, Range 8 East, Van Buren Township, Wayne County,
Michigan, and the Southeast 1/4 of Section 33 and Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 2
South, Range 8 East, Canton Township, Wayne County, Michigan, being more particular-
ly described as:
Beginning at a point on the line common to said Sections, distant Easterly 225.00 feet
from the Northwest corner of said Section 3 along said common line; thence proceeding
Easterly along said line to a point 43 feet West of the centerline of Sheldon Road (width
varies). Containing approximately 2144.78 feet of roadway, more or less.
Therefore, it has been decided a Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, October 17,
2018, at 1:30 p.m. at Wayne County Department of Public Services, Engineering
Division, 400 Monroe Street, Suite 300, Detroit, Michigan 48226.
A Hearing Examiner of the County shall hold said Hearing and obtain all necessary facts
and information concerning the advisability of either granting or denying said Petition,
and shall report all findings of fact to the Board of Wayne County Commissioners.
True copies of this notice are to be served, posted and published in accordance with the
provisions of said Act No. 283 of 1909, as amended.
WAYNE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES
Engineering Division, Real Estate, Attention: Paul A. Zook
400 Monroe Street, Suite 300, Detroit, Michigan 48226
313.224.7772
The U.S. Attorneys Office has con-
firmed the arrest of Lee Allan Phillips, Jr.,
27, in connectionwith the armed robberies
of twoNorthvilleCVS stores thismonth.
Phillips was arrested and turned over
to the FBI Violent Crimes Unit by
Northville Township Police less than 24
hours after an armed robbery at about 10
p.m. on Sept. 8, at the pharmacy located at
44300 Five Mile Road. Police have also
tied Phillips to a prior robbery of the CVS-
Haggerty-Six Mile Road store on Sept 4.
The suspect fled that scene on foot head-
ing southbound.No injuries were reported
in the incident.
The charging affidavit from the FBI
indicates that the suspect took $1,135.48
from the cash register in the Sept 4 rob-
bery and threatened the store clerk with a
long gun which he pressed into the clerk's
back, demanding, “I want all the money
out of the tills now.”
In the second robbery, at about 9:41 p.m.
Sept. 8, the suspect brandished a
silver/black handgun.
The suspect fled the business toward a
nearby wooded area. Several items were
found by police in or around the wooded
area including car keys, gloves, clothing
items and a silver/black handgun, later
determined to be a BB pistol, according to
the charging document.
Law enforcement officers discovered a
silver Chevy Impala in a subdivision near
the store and observed a suspect matching
the description of the perpetrator walk to
the vehicle. When the man saw the law
enforcement units in the area, he fled back
into the wooded area, according to police
reports.
Northville police obtained a search
warrant for the Impala and discovered the
suspect's driver's license and Michigan
Department of Corrections parole identifi-
cation.
Surveillance units observing the sus-
pect's Northville address observed a man
disposing of what appeared to be a shot-
gun into a nearby dumpster. The gun was
retrieved by Northville police and deter-
mined to be the gun used in the Sept. 4
robbery, according toFBI documents.
The man was identified as a relative of
Phillips. Police discovered Phillips hiding
inside a storage closet in a nearby unoccu-
pied townhouse unit and he was arrested
without incident at about 2:30 p.m. July 9,
police said.
A subsequent search discovered a bolt
action rifle, an Eastern Arms shotgun, a
lever-action short BB gun and a garbage
bag of burr-covered black sweat pants and
awhite towel, police said.
Phillips is also a suspect in several
other armed robberies including the July
18 robbery of a 7-11 inCanton, another 7-11
in Westland , a liquor store in Livonia and
a 7-11 inRedford.
Michigan Department of Corrections
records show Phillips received an early-
supervised release from the Alger
Correctional Facility on July 10. He had
pleaded no contest in Sept. 2012 to two
counts of armed robbery in Wayne County,
and was sentenced to 6-15 years. His
scheduled release datewas July 6, 2020.
No court date had been set for Phillips
at press time.
Lee Allan Phillips, Jr.
Don Howard
Staff Writer
