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THE BELLEVILLE Fire departments share in federal grant funds
ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE
Vol. 134, No. 38 The Northville Township Fire ” and Staffing for Adequate Fire
Department and the City of and Emergency Response
Residents in the Northville Fire Department I'm pleased to announce this funding, grants. AFG grants help first
Belleville community and have been awarded federal which will help departments in Southeast Michigan responders purchase the equip-
surrounding areas will have grants to upgrade outdated ment and obtain the training
the opportunity to receive equipment. do their jobs safely and effectively. needed to handle fire-related
free dental services at The According to U.S. Senators hazards. SAFER grants are
Lakes Dental Care on Friday, Debbie Stabenow and Gary designed to strengthen the
Oct. 11. Peters, the City of Northville will grants program. help make our communities safe nation's ability to respond to fire
See page 5. receive $471,838 and Northville “Our firefighters in Southeast places to live, work and raise a and fire-related hazards, the offi-
Township $254,545 as part of Michigan put their lives on the family,” said Peters. “I'm pleased cials said. More information
$1,332,004 awarded to fire line to protect our families, to announce this funding, which about the grants can be found at
THE CANTON departments in five Michigan homes, and communities,” said will help departments in http://www.fema.gov/firegrants.
EAGLE communities. These grants Stabenow. “These new resources Southeast Michigan do their jobs In addition to the Northville
EAGLE

Vol. 72, No. 38 come from both the Federal will provide critical training and safely and effectively.” communities, grants were
Eligible fire departments and
give our first responders the
Emergency Management Agency
awarded in the amount of
Canton Community Assistance to Firefighters Grants equipment they need to better Emergency Medical Services $443,106 for the City of Auburn
Foundation members are (AFG) program and the Staffing serve the public and do their organizations in Michigan and Hills, $113,334 for Hazel Park,
looking for folks to join them for Adequate Fire and jobs more safely and effectively.” across the country can apply for and $49,181 for the City of
on the PORCH, acronym for Emergency Response (SAFER) “Michigan's first responders Assistance to Firefighters Grants Roseville.
Providing Others with
Renewed Confidence and
Hope. The Revolutionary 60s
See page 3.
Museum exhibit recreates decade of change across America
THE INKSTER
LEDGER STAR Julie Brown recalls, not knowing much his-
LEDGER STAR
Vol. 72, No. 38 Staff Writer tory until President John
Kennedy was killed in Texas.
A convicted felon from From baseball cards to a “And we have people play-
Wayne has been arrested blue 1965 Mustang convertible, ing bridge and smoking. These
and charged with the Friday, the current exhibit on the 1960s were the so-called normal peo-
the 13th fatal shooting of a at the Plymouth Historical ple,” she added of displayed
27-year-old Inkster man. Museum offers plenty of learn- mannequins by the front of the
See page 2. ing and fun. building.
Mary Thackston, exhibits “We're showing the genera-
coordinator, is pleased with the tion gap here,” Thackston said
THE NORTHVILLE many items members have of mannequins of a hippie
EAGLE loaned the museum, at 155 S. daughter and her mother “not
EAGLE

Vol. 19, No. 38 Main St. in downtown too happy with her lifestyle. As
Plymouth. you can tell it's 'Oh please,
A Halloween-themed “It was just interesting to mother' from the daughter's
event providing a spooktacu- look back on everything, and so expression.”
lar kickoff to fall and fun for much happened,” said The Ilitch Foundation has
the whole family is set for Plymouth Township resident loaned several items to the
Oct. 6 at Maybury State Park Thackston. “So many things Plymouth museum in honor of
in Northville. happened. You have some the 1968 World Series, includ-
See page 2. newspapers of the times. The ing a hat worn by Dick
music was great, the best McAuliffe, tickets and pro-
music.” grams. A member has loaned
THE PLYMOUTH Front and center by the gift confetti thrown from a J.L.
EAGLE shop is a display on the sum- Hudson store window that year,
EAGLE
Vol. 19, No. 38 mer of 1969 Apollo 11 mission. and an extensive collection of
Nearby are magazines and baseball cards from a member
Museum exhibits done photos of the time, as well as appeals to many visitors.
right take research, and vol- model cars from the 1960s. The museum is open from 1- Exhibits coordinator Mary Thackston started to volunteer at the
unteers at the Plymouth “I was 10 in 1960,” she 4 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, Plymouth Historical Museum in 2005. Behind her is the Apollo 11
Historical Museum are Saturday and Sunday, with a part of the local exhibit.
happy to help. website of plymouthhistory.org. group when she was a girl. Americans who visited
See page 3. Call (734) 455-8940 for more There are photos and posters, Montreal, Canada, for Expo '67
information. with one photo showing fighter with a French class trip.
At the museum train station Muhammad Ali meeting the Those who visited the
THE ROMULUS representation, a lifelike man- Beatles. Grande Ballroom for music
ROMAN
ROMAN nequin much like Willie An Evans 100 Interceptor may recall Jimi Hendrix and
Vol. 134, No. 38 Nelson but in hippie garb bicycle, made in Plymouth, is Big Brother Holding Co., as
awaits a train. The Vietnam displayed near the Mustang. Thackston does. The
Construction continues on conflict is represented with for- Toys and women's clothes of Woodstock concert is repre-
the new 34th District Court eign flags, uniforms, photos and the era are shown, with the par- sented, along with national and
building next to Romulus a red “My Brother Is There” lor on the museum Main Street local politics.
City Hall on Wayne Road. ball cap. focused on the Kennedy family. Of the candy boxes shown
Construction is expected to “You can't have the 1960s “It's moving to look at,” said now and a 1950s exhibit last
be complete early next year. without the Beatles,” said Thackston, especially of those year, she says “I kind of liked
See page 5. This Mustang convertible is Thackston, who recalls her dad who were in service in
part of the exhibit. being apprehensive about the Vietnam. She was among See Museum, page 3

THE WAYNE
EAGLE
EAGLE Amazon to purchase 100,000 Plymouth-made trucks
Vol. 72, No. 38
The Wayne Chamber of Rivian, the electric vehicle landed a $350 million invest-
Commerce is seeking nomi- company in Plymouth, has ” ment from Cox Automotive, a big
nations for four new board received an order for 100,000 The company was originally name in the retail and logistics
members to help strengthen electric delivery vans from founded to manufacture a vehicle space.
the organization. Amazon. Rivian has revealed two vehi-
See page 4. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to compete with the Tesla. cles to date, the R1T pickup and
announced the order during an the R1S SUV. Built on the same
event last week in Washington, technological platform, Rivian
THE WESTLAND D.C. when Bezos also unveiled a up truck and SUV at the end of pany securing investments from claims its vehicles - which will
EAGLE
EAGLE plan to tackle climate change. November last year. The compa- a host of major players, Amazon start at around $70,000 - will be

Vol. 72, No. 38 Bezos said he expects the ny was originally founded to included. Bezos' company led a able to travel up to 400 miles on
a single charge, hit 60 miles per
manufacture a vehicle to com-
$700 million funding round last
100,000 Rivian vans to be on the
The newest Westland road by 2024, according to USA pete with the Tesla, Rivian CEO February, but it did not disclose hour in under three seconds,
police officers are familiar Today. The first vans will hit the RJ Scaringe eventually pivoted the exact amount it was con- and eventually be able to drive
faces at the police station as road in 2021, Bezos said, with the company toward a more tributing. In April, Ford themselves in some capacity.
all three worked as part-time prototypes possibly arriving as action-adventure customer seg- announced a $500 million invest- Bezos' announcement reveals
Police Service Aide before soon as 2020. ment. ment in Rivian that the compa- a third vehicle in the Rivian line-
completing the police acade- Rivian is a relatively new The main push of Rivian this nies said would result in a new up: a delivery van. It suggests the
my. name in the electric vehicle year has been a massive electric vehicle to be sold by the startup will also be looking into
See page 4. industry, having debuted a pick- fundraising effort, with the com- auto giant. Most recently, Rivian commercial vehicles.

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