No. 37
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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Sept. 21 – 27, 2017
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The Harvey Reed Jazz
Quartet will perform at the
third annual Jazz on the
Avenue fundraiser for the
Wayne Main Street organiza-
tion from7-11 p.m. Sept. 28.
See page 5.
Five private Northville
homes will open for public
tours from 10 a.m. until 4
p.m. for one day only,
Saturday, Sept. 23, a
fundraiser for university
women organization.
See page 2.
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Barbara Sanders, director
of the Hand Up nonprofit
organization, is opening a
HandUpResource Center at
35661 Van Born Road, in
Romulus.
See page 3.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Members of the Westland
City Council approved the
purchase of a new fire truck
with a 75-foot aerial ladder
at a meeting earlier this
month.
See page 5.
Canton Township will be
collecting spray cans and
bottles of insect repellent for
distribution in welfare pack-
ages to areas recently affect-
edby hurricanes.
See page 4.
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Movie Night at the Police
Department in Inkster is
planned for 8 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 29. This month, the
movie will be Sing. There
will be free popcorn and
other refreshments.
See page 2.
The local Plymouth
Canton Vietnam Veterans
Chapter 528 will be hosting
the 50th Commemorative
Picnic Sept. 30 at the
PlymouthVFWPost.
See page 4.
The disappointing test
reports measuring perform-
ance of students in the Van
Buren Public Schools were a
topic of discussion at a meet-
ing earlier thismonth.
See page 3.
CantonSports Center, a popu-
lar sports destination for local
softball/baseball leagues and
national tournaments, is set to
undergo a full field make-over
including laser grading starting
inOctober.
Each quad of fields will fea-
ture upgrades and the infield
surface will be replaced with a
higher performing clay com-
pound called DuraEdge to
improve safety and reduce dust
and weather delays for players
and fans. In addition, washout
sideline areas will be filled in
with new sod to help improve
performance in foul ball areas
and overall drainage on the
fields. New protective netting
and warm up areas will round
out the improvements.
The Canton Sports Center
plans to overhaul eight of the 12
lighted ball diamonds in early
October, depending on weather,
leaving four fields open for min-
imal usage throughNovember.
The project, which was par-
tially financed through a Wayne
County Park millage, will be
completed in two phases. The
first phase will undertake the
renovation of the first eight
fields in 2017with the remaining
four fields scheduled for
upgrades in fall of 2018.
“This project will deliver a
superior field refresher to our
premier facility, which hosts
over 2,500 league and tourney
teams from April-October each
year,” said Canton Sports
Coordinator
Ann-Marie
Carravallah. “We draw local
youth and senior players along
with national elite players to
Canton as their destination for
baseball, softball, cricket,
lacrosse and flag football. This
dramatic improvement will
secure our ranking as one of the
best sports facilities in
Michigan.”
The Canton Sports Center,
located at 46555 W. Michigan
Ave. features a 12 diamond light-
ed softball/baseball operation
with state of the art facilities, as
well as Kicker's Bar & Grill - a
full-service restaurant. The
sports complex annually plays
host to several national tourna-
ments that produce a significant
economic impact to the area; at
times generating over $1 million
in revenue for area businesses.
For additional information
about the Canton Sports Center,
visit csc.canton-mi.org or call
(734) 483-5600. Fall Adult
Softball Mini-Leagues are also
still available with limited spots
due to the field improvement
project. Registration is available
online.
While leaders from the
Northville and Plymouth com-
munities celebrated the coop-
erative effort and new intergov-
ernmental agreement that will
open the Lake Pointe Fire
Station this month, seasoned
firefighters and informed
sources say themovewill do lit-
tle in reality to improve public
safety inPlymouthTownship.
After receiving approval last
month, fire chiefs from both
townships finalized move-in
plans at the station and com-
menced hiring to implement
the joint occupancy agreement
that will open the old station
building located on Wilcox
Road. The Plymouth Township
station has been closed since
2012. It was closed by the previ-
ous administration, along with
a reduction in fire department
staffing of 50 percent. The
moves were criticized publicly
by residents and described by
many as politically motivated
and a retaliatory move. The
Lake Pointe Fire Station serves
the largest and most heavily-
populated subdivision in the
township.
This new plan calls for each
township to have two emer-
gency vehicles and two fire-
fighters on duty at the station to
respond to emergencies in both
communities. The firefighters
will also maintain the current
mutual aid protocols. In reality,
firefighters from the Plymouth
and Northville departments
will share the building.
Professional fire depart-
ment statistics show insuffi-
cient staffing levels place the
public and firefighters at risk
by increasing response times
and reducing firefighter's abili-
ty to rescue, fight fires and save
lives.
The
National
Fire
Protection Association (NFPA)
sets national standards for fire
department public safety and
staffing. In 2016 the NFPA stan-
dard on fire department
deployment was revised to
reflect the appropriate
response staffing levels spelling
out the absolute minimum
requirement for each fire
engine. This staffing is referred
to by firefighters as a “compa-
This dramatic improvement
will secure our ranking as one
of the best sports facilities in Michigan.
”
Canton athletic field renovations are scheduled
See
Station,
page 4
Don Howard
Staff Writer
Lake Pointe Fire Station to reopen
Lake Pointe Fire Station, which serves the largest subdivision in Plymouth Township, will be officially
reopened during a public celebration next week.
Photo by Don Howard
Westland man facing murder charge
District plans forums on bond request
A 22-year-old Westland man
is facing life in prison if convict-
ed of the murder of his 25-year-
old roommate.
Wayne County Prosecutor
Kym Worthy has charged Jovica
Nikoloski in connectionwith the
murder of his roommate, Spase
Grazhdan.
According to police reports,
Westland officers were dis-
patched to the Skygate
Apartments in the 6500 block of
Yale at about 5 p.m. Sept 9 fol-
lowing a report of a possible
homicide. Upon arrival, officers
spoke with Nikoloski, who
reported the incident. Officers
then checked the apartment of
the two men where they discov-
ered the lifeless body of
Grazhdani originally of Albania.
As a result of the officers' inves-
tigation, Nikoloski was placed
under arrest at the scene.
Police said that Nikoloski
fled the apartment for several
hours before returning to sum-
mon police to the scene. Police
reports indicated that the pair
argued in the early-morning
hours Saturday when one of
them brandished a knife.
Nikoloski stabbed Granzhdan
and the two struggled until
Nikoloski secured the knife and
stabbed the victim several more
times.
Nikoloski was arraigned last
week at the 18th District Court
before Judge Sandra Cicirelli on
one count of homicide-murder
first degree-premeditated, and
was remanded to the Wayne
County Jail without bond. He is
due back at the 18th District
Court for a probable cause hear-
ing today.
Police said the incident was a
result of an interaction between
roommates, and was not a ran-
dom act. There is no current
danger to the public stemming
fromthis incident, officials said.
Members of the Northville
Public Schools Board of
Education
unanimously
agreed to put a $104.85 million
bond question on the Nov. 7
ballot.
The bond proposal would
allow the district to upgrade
school facilities, enhance exist-
ing building security, and pro-
vide modern learning environ-
ments across the school dis-
trict, officials said. If approved,
the $104.85 million bond pro-
posal would result in a zero
increase in the current debt
millage rate for taxpayers, they
stressed.
A Bond 2017 community
forum is scheduled from 6:30
until 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.
27 at Hillside Middle School,
775 North Center St. in
Northville. The meeting will
take place in the media center.
A second forum is planned for
the same times on Tuesday,
Oct. 3 at Meads Mill Middle
School, 16700 Franklin Road in
Northville.
Members of the Northville
Board of Education have said
Bond 2017 will benefit stu-
dents, families and the commu-
nity in a variety of ways, includ-
ing; learning environment
upgrades to meet modern
learning and teaching prac-
tices; improvements to address
the aging infrastructure of dis-
trict buildings; safety and secu-
rity upgrades that build on
security upgrades already in
place and energy and opera-
tional initiatives to improve the
environmental quality and effi-
ciency of buildings, as well as
reduce operational expenses.
Jovica Nikoloski
