the basement floor, and well, the
rest is emergency roomhistory.
Some people have really
warped senses of humor, if you ask
me. Like my dear spouse who
refers tome nowas Tonto. He's just
jealous of my painkillers which I
have steadfastly refused to share---
if he wants drugs let him go find
his own arrows, right?
He did come close to needing
medical attention, I'll admit. When
we decided to wash the windows,
(OK, OK, I decided to wash the
windows. Dave liked them coated
with so much dirt we didn't need
shades) he offered to help. Well, he
was “encouraged” to help me
when one entire window fell out of
the wall onto the shrubbery, win-
dow frame, mechanism, glass,
screen and all.
My screeching, I'm sure, as I
hung halfway out of the window, in
my nightgown, was a bit embar-
rassing, but it did result in his
immediate attention. And that of
several of the neighbors, but never
mind that.
So there we were, two senior
citizens attempting to balance the
window frame and hoist it back
into the wall, fill the huge, gaping
holes and replace the rusted out
screws holding the thing in place.
Believe it or not, we actually did it,
well, Dave did it while I held the
thing in place, accounting for the
sprainedwrist and elbow.
Then we got to the washing of
these dinosaurs. After doing all
that was possible from inside, my
beloved decided that the only way
to “do it right” was to take a very
rickety ladder outside, plant it on
the roots of 30-year-old, 5-feet-high
shrubbery and dislodge the grime
with lots of elbow grease. When he
fell, the ladder went careening in
one direction and he went flying in
another. While he was trying to
pick himself up and brush the yew
needles out of his eyes, nose and
other bodily orifices, he later con-
fessed, he couldn't figure out why I
hadn't come to his aid and helped
him get disentangled from the
bushes.
Imagine his surprise to find me
lying dazed, face down in the grass
right where the flying ladder
unceremoniously plantedme. That
was the headwoundpart.
But all is well now. I'm on the
mend and the windows are so
clean that Dave has to close the
blinds lest he entertain the neigh-
borswith the underpants dance.
Next, we're going to tackle
repairing the closet that imploded
dumping our entire wardrobes
onto the floor, burying every pair of
shoes we own, and the toilet that
flushes itself loudly all night long.
Thank heaven for Medicare.
And those nice young people from
theEMS.
Township officials are ready to
drop the hammer on our 184-year-
old community which is comprised
of many seniors, like myself. In the
process they will take EMS servic-
es back 35 years. This is not a
labor/management issue. There is
a unknown agenda on their calen-
dar and I amupset.
As they ready the knife, the peo-
ple I've interviewed are scared to
death as the township officials are
about to eliminate full time fire
fighters and replace them with
policemen-first responders, or vol-
unteers "on call", and rely on an
outside ambulance company,
already over taxed, to back them
up.
Under the current township
proposal, the policemen-first
responders, volunteers and on-call
employees wouldNOT be required
to provide Advanced Life Support
EMS! They would rather privatize
an outside ambulance company
and let themcontinue to collect the
revenue for the emergency runs,
and pay out approximately $1.6
million.
With the current system in
place, HVA Ambulance Company,
(aka Huron Valley Ambulance) a
Michigan non-profit corporation is
allowed to collect and retain all the
revenue for the EMS emergency
runs and Plymouth Township EMS
personnel are instructed not to
transport patients. This ineffable
system makes absolutely no sense,
whatsoever.
Change is always difficult. All
we want is this issue to go to the
voters. This is not a union issue.
What is at stake here is abuse of
both fiduciary and moral responsi-
bility, and if allowed to proceed it
will put at risk the safety of all
28,000 residents.
Ironically, the people of
Plymouth Township are willing to
pay the price to keep the current
EMS set up, but the board, for
unknown reasons, will not allow
this issue to go to a referendum.
Don't take my word this. Talk to
the citizens who are so upset and
passionately working to be heard.
They've collected over 3,500 peti-
tion signatures from residents and
businesses to place a 1-mill fire
department special assessment on
the November election ballot, only
to be flatly rejected by the board of
trustees for all kinds of weak rea-
sons. The citizen volunteers, fire-
fighters and paramedics have
walked the subdivisions knocking
on doors, setting up tables in super
markets, gathering signatures and
pleading for help. They have
passed out over 700 signs so far say-
ing, We Support Our Firefighters.
They know the risks better than
anyone! They are as concerned as
I.
Mr. Heise, I would welcome the
opportunity to sit down with you to
fill in even more background, and
respectfully request a time on your
calendar.
I look forward to hearing from
you soon.
DonHoward,
PlymouthTownship
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Thelma Terese Matthews
Sunrise: Nov. 19, 1924
Sunset: Sept. 19, 2011
Thelma Terese Matthews
died Sept. 19, 2011.
Among those left to cherish
her memory are her daughter
and best friend, Bernadette
(Fred); a granddaughter,
Tavia (Anthony); a sister,
Florence Rupert; a great-
granson, Anthony Marquise;
a nephew, Waymond; two
sisters-in-law, Carrie Bell and
Sharon; a host of nieces and
nephews; her Parks
Memorial Church family;
many other relatives; several
neighbors, and her close
friends.
Funeral services were at
Parks Memorial AME Church
in Romulus with the Rev.
William D. Phillips officiating.
Final arrangements were
entrusted to the Penn
Funeral Home on Inkster
Road in Inkster.
Interment was at Romulus
Memorial Cemetery on
Shook Road.
McKinley D. Taylor
Sunrise: Jan. 3, 1944
Sunset: Sept. 11, 2011
McKinley d. "Mac" Taylor died
Sept. 11, 2011.
Among those left to cherish
his memory are his son,
McKinley (Shantae) Taylor,
Jr.; four grandchildren,
McKinley D. Taylor III,
Donteze D. Taylor; Tanisha
Alford and Lachae Banks;
three brothers, Pastor Lyle
(Deborah) Taylor of
Westland, Martin Tracy Taylor
of Inkster and Elvis "Dodie"
Taylor of Detroit; a sister,
Margo Taylor, also of
Westland; a host of nieces
and nephews, many other
relatives, and several friends.
Funeral services were at the
Penn Funeral Home in
Inkster with Pastor Lyle T.
Taylor, Sr. of the Faith and
Works Ministry officiating.
Tri County Cremation
Services accorded final rites.
Arlene Rhoda Colbert
Sunrise: Aug. 9, 1921
Sunset: Sept. 16, 2011
Arlene Rhoda Colbert died
Sept. 16, 2011.
Among those left to cherish
her memory are her brother,
Dr. John Cunningham; a sis-
ter-in-law,
Marion
Cunningham; a host of
nieces and nephews; many
cousins and other relatives,
and several friends.
Mrs. Colbert was active in the
community and with Amity
Church.
Funeral services were at
Amity Church with the Rev.
William Lynn officiating.
Final arrangements were
entrusted to the Penn
Funeral Home on Inkster
Road in Inkster.
Interment was at Knollwood
Memorial Gardens in Canton
Township.
Kateesha LaTrell Gant
Sunrise: Nov. 14, 1969
Sunset: Sept. 13, 2011
Kateesha "Beani" LaTrell
Gant died Sept. 13, 2011.
Among those left to cherish
her memory are her daugh-
ter, India Orr of Westland; a
sister, Kelly Strong of Inkster;
three nieces, Kelice, Terrah
and Kerrah Washington, all of
Inkster; five aunts, Deery
Creech of Jacksonville, FL,
Mae of Columbus, OH,
Louise Epps of Valdosta, GA,
Yvonne Johnson of Detroit
and Veronica Milton of
Toledo, OH; a host of other
relatives, and many friends.
Funeral services were at the
Penn Funeral Home in
Inkster with the Rev. Robert
Stewart officiating.
Final rites were accorded by
Tri county Cremation
Services.
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