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September 25, 2014
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
CLOSE OF REGISTRATION
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS of the Charter Township of Canton, notice is hereby given that a General Election will be
held in the Charter Township of Canton on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The last day to register for
the election is Monday, October 6, 2014. Persons residing in Canton Township registering after the deadline will not be eligible
to vote at the election.
Please take notice that the voters of Canton Township will be voting on the following:
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
Attorney General
United States Senator
Representative in Congress
State Senator
State Representative (20th & 21st Districts)
Member of the State Board of Education
Regent of the University of Michigan
Trustee of Michigan State University
Governor of Wayne State University
County Executive
County Commissioner (10th District)
Justice of Supreme Court
Justice of Supreme Court Incumbent
Judge of Court of Appeals 1st District Incumbent
Judge of Circuit Court 3rd Circuit Incumbent
Judge of Circuit Court 3rd Circuit Non-Incumbent
Judge of Circuit Court 3rd Circuit Incumbent Partial
Judge of Probate Court Incumbent
Judge of Probate Court Non-Incumbent
Judge of Probate Court Incumbent Partial
Board of Trustee Schoolcraft Community College
Local School District Board Members Plymouth Canton Community Schools
Local School District Board Members Van Buren Community Schools
Local School District Board Members Wayne Westland Community Schools
and to vote on the following proposals:
Proposal 14-1 A REFERENDUM OF PUBLIC ACT 520 OF 2012, ESTABLISHING AN OPEN SEASON FOR WOLVES
AND AUTHORIZING ANNUAL WOLF HUNTING SEASONS
Public Act 520 of 2012 would:
• Designate wolf as game
• Allow an open hunting season for wolves and allow the Natural Resources Commission to schedule annual wolf hunting
seasons.
• Provide criminal penalties for the unlawful possession or taking of wolves, but shield a person who lawfully captures or
destroys a wolf from prosecution.
• Require a person who wishes to hunt wolves to obtain a wolf hunting license.
• Create a Wolf Management Advisory Council for the purpose of making nonbinding recommendations to the legislature
regarding the proper management of wolves.
Should this law be approved?
____Yes
____No
Proposal 14-2 A REFERENDUM OF PUBLIC ACT 21 OF 2013, GRANTING THE NATURAL
RESOURCES COMMISSION THE POWER TO DESIGNATE WOLVES AND OTHER
ANIMALS AS GAME WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Public Act 21 of 2013 would:
• Allow the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) to designate animals as game for hunting purposes without legislative
action.
• Allow the NRC to establish the first open hunting season for newly designated game animals without legislative action.
• Allow the NRC to schedule a wolf hunt.
• Grant the Legislature the sole authority to remove a species from the list of designated game animals.
• Eliminate the $1.00 hunting and fishing licensing fee for members of the military, whether stationed inside or outside of
Michigan, subject to any lottery.
• Give the NRC the sole authority to regulate fishing.
____Yes
____No
The Wayne County Retirement Commission
Section 6.112 of the Wayne County Home Rule Charter appoints the Wayne county Executive and the Chairperson the Wayne
County Commission as members of the Wayne County Retirement Commission. Section 6.112 Authorizes the Wayne County
Executive to appoint a designee to represent him/her on the retirement commission.
Shall Section 6.112 of the Wayne County Home Rule Charter be amended to authorize the Chairperson of the Wayne County
Commission to appoint a designee to represent him/her on the retirement commission
____Yes
____No
Persons entitled to be registered voters in Canton Township must possess the following qualifications on or before
the day of; the election: (1) a citizen of the United States; (2) not less than 18 years of age; (3) a resident of the State of
Michigan and Canton Township for not less than 30 days prior to the election (MCL 168.492). In addition, qualified electors
must be registered to vote not less than 30 days prior to the election (MCL 168.497).
Registrations will be received at Canton Township Hall located at 1150 S. Canton Center Rd, Canton, Michigan,
48188, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm.
The Office of the Township Clerk, 1150 S. Canton Center Road, will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday,
November 1, 2014 for obtaining and casting absentee ballots. Qualified voters must appear in person to receive a ballot.
On Monday, November 3, 2014, those requesting an absentee ballot must appear in person at the Clerk's Office no
later than 4:00 p.m. Emergency absentee ballots ONLY will be issued on Election Day, November 4, 2014.
To obtain election instructions in an alternative format (audio or Braille), contact the Clerk's Office at 734-394-5120
prior to Election Day.
If you are unsure of your voting location, please refer to your voter registration card, check the Clerk's voting page
on Canton's Website at www.canton-mi.org, or call the Clerk's office at 734-394-5120.
Terry G. Bennett, Clerk
Publish: September 25, 2014
EC092514-0996 2.5 x 10.994
(CORRECTED AD: DATE IS MONDAY OCTOBER 6TH)
PLANNING COMMISSION
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Michigan Public Act 110 of 2006, of the State of Michigan, as amended, and pur-
suant to the Zoning Ordinance of the Charter Township of Canton that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of
Canton will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, October 6, 2014 in the
First Floor Meeting Room of the Canton Township
Administration Building, 1150 S. Canton Center Road at 7:00 p.m.
on the following proposed special land use request as pro-
vided in Section 27.03 of the Canton Township Zoning Ordinance:
SINGH SABHA OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL SPECIAL LAND USE
- CONSIDER REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO
THE SPECIAL LAND USE APPROVAL TO EXTEND THE EXISTING RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION AS REQUIRED IN
SECTION 11.02B.3 FOR PARCEL NO. 112 99 0025 701 (3310 CANTON CENTER S.). Property is located west of Canton
Center between Palmer and Geddes Road.
Written comments addressed to the Planning Commission should be received at the Canton Township Administration Building,
1150 Canton Center S. prior to Thursday, October 2, 2014 in order to be included in the materials submitted for review.
SEE ATTACHED MAP
Greg Greene, Chairman
Publish: Newspaper-
September 25, 2014
EC092514-0997 2.5 x 8.606
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ELLEVILLE
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OMULUS
‘Octobervets’
Donations for veteran’s group
now being collected at city locations
A city-wide drive for donations to help
the Michigan Veterans Foundation and
the Detroit Veterans Center is now under
way inRomulus.
The donation drive was organized by
the Romulus Rolling Thunder Chapter 5
memberswho plan to deliver the donated
items to the Detroit Veterans' Center as
part of theirOctobervets observations.
Rolling Thunder, Inc. is a non-profit
organization united in the effort to bring
full accountability for the Prisoners of
War and Missing in Action (POW/MIA) of
all wars, noted Robert McCraight, the
director of public services for Romulus,
who is a member of the Rolling Thunder
group and chairs the donation commit-
tee.
Donations of new, still-in-the-package
socks, thermal underwear and other cold
weather clothing, for both men and
women, hats and gloves, trial-size toi-
letries such as soap, toothpaste, shampoo,
Wet Ones, deodorant, lotion, etc. and
snack packs of cookies, crackers, chips
and peanuts can be dropped off any time
before Oct. 10 at the Romulus Police
Department, 11165 Olive, the Romulus
Fire Department, 28777 Eureka Road or
the city Department of Public Works at
12600WayneRoad.
“We are working with local VFW Post
9568 and other organizations in the area
to improve our services and activities for
and honoring veterans,” McCraight said.
The effort has the full support of the city
administration and Romulus has already
scheduled a Veterans Day parade and
ceremony onNov. 11.
In June, Mayor LeRoyBurcroff formed
a new committee to facilitate veterans'
programs in the city.
“The freedomswe share and live today
are a result of our heroic veterans and for
this we should continue to support them
wheneverwe can,”Burcroff said.
Needed state permits delay
Horizon Park improvements
The grant approved by Gov. Rick
Snyder last spring for upgrades toHorizon
Park in Belleville remain delayed await-
ing approval of the project by the
Michigan Department of Environmental
Quality (MDEQ).
The project was originally expected to
beunder constructionby this summer.
The $120,700 grant was to be used to
fund a floating dock, a universally accessi-
ble canoe/kayak launch, resurfacing of the
parking lot, a sign kiosk and a paved pic-
nic pad on Belleville Lake. The grant was
awarded to the Belleville Downtown
Development Authority but the lakeshore
is owned by Van Buren Township and offi-
cials determined approval from MDEQ
and the Federal Energy Regulation
Commission was necessary to complete
the project. Additionally, the Belleville
DDA has already paid a $100 fee to the
MDEQ which has now increased adminis-
trative costs for an already completed 30-
day review and a new 30-day public com-
ment periodby $400.
If the MDEQ approves the project, fol-
lowing the public comment period, Van
Buren will forward copies of the approval
documents to STSHydropower, the opera-
tor of the French Landing Dam and to
three other state agencies for review and
comment.
The Federal Energy Regulation
Commission is expected to also require a
30-day public comment period on the proj-
ect which is now expected to begin some-
time in 2015. Grant requirements include
constructionby 2016.
Library joins reading program
Chamber presents awards
The Romulus Public Library has
teamed upwith five other area libraries
for a community reading event.
Libraries in Dearborn, Dearborn
Heights, Garden City, Inkster, Livonia
and Romulus will host the program
called Western Wayne Community
Reads. The book chosen is Detroit
Shuffle, by Michigan author, D.E.
Johnson.
Residents in each community are
encouraged to read the book and attend
a book discussion at their library. The
Second Monday Book Club will host a
book discussion at the Romulus Public
Library from 7-8 p.m. on Monday, Oct.
13. Copies of the book are available for
checkout at the library.
Johnson will speak about the book
and his second career as a successful
author at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Henry
Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn
and at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Livonia
Civic Center Library. Detroit-themed
refreshments will be served. Both
events are free and open to the public.
“The Community Reads program
was initiated to bring neighboring com-
munities together through the reading
and discussion of a common book and
to share a love of reading for pleasure,”
said Romulus Library Director Patty
Braden. Participating libraries are hop-
ing to make the Community Reads pro-
graman annual event, she added.
The Romulus Library is located at
11121 Wayne Road in Romulus. For
more information, call (734) 942-7589.
More than 90 guests attended the
Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce
Annual Awards Dinner last Friday when
local businesses were honored for the
involvement in the community.
Chamber officials announced honors to
21 chamber members, recognizing their
varying years of membership and support
of the chamber in the community.
Keith L. Johnston received the Ted
Kuckelman Award, honoring an individ-
ual who displays long-term support and
community service while Craig N.
Atchinson, of Atchinson Ford, received
the Leona Van Buhler Award presented to
an individual dedicated to business and
support of the business community.
The 2014 business of the year honor
went to Twisted Rooster owner Tom
Frankovich.
Craig N. Atchinson of Atchinson Ford, left, was honored with the Leona Van Buhler
Award last Friday by the Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce. Fellow honorees at the
awards dinner were Keith L. Johnston who was chosen as the winner of the Ted
Kuckelman Award and Tom Frankovich of the Twisted Rooster who won the Business
of the Year Award.