No. 40
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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October 1 – 7, 2015
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The State -Wayne Phoenix
Theatre will feature the
Rocky
Horror
Show
Preservation Society shad-
ow-cast presentation along
with the original film during
October.
See page 5.
For the 17th year, the
Plymouth Lions Club award-
ed four scholarships to stu-
dents from the Plymouth
Canton Community Schools
at ameeting this summer.
See page 2.
This year, the anticipated
Maybury Farm Corn Maze
which opened last week, is
offering a real challenge to
visitors with 10 acres of very
tall, thick cornstalks.
See page 4.
The Belleville Area
Museum has a long list of
programs planned for the
next few weeks, including
the Harvest Fest set for Oct.
10 at Fourth and Main
streets.
See page 4.
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Teens and youngsters who
participated in the Summer
Reading Program at the
Romulus Library read for a
combined 646 hours this
summer.
See page 3.
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The John Glenn High
School cheerleaders are
responsible for promoting
team spirit but their uni-
forms barely pass muster
prompting a fundraiser to
helpbuy newattire.
See page 2.
Canton Leisure Services
will be opening a Flu Shot
Clinic to adults 18 years of
age and older from 9 a.m.
until noon, Tuesday, Oct. 6 at
theSummit on thePark.
See page 3
.
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Western Wayne Family
Health Centers, open since
2006 moved, to a larger cen-
ter in Inkster last month
located just a few hundred
feet down the street from
original location.
See page 5.
Canton Township officials
are taking a strong stand against
domestic violence in their com-
munity.
Members of the board of
trustees are expected to
approve the amendment of an
ordinance that would assign
prosecution of misdemeanor
domestic violence complaints to
the local prosecutor, Greg
Demopolous. The cases would
be adjudicated in the 35th
District Court which serves
Canton, Northville and
Plymouth.
Currently, the cases are han-
dled by the office of Wayne
County Prosecutor Kym Worthy
who is not in favor of the move
by township officials.
Worthy said last week that
she received no notification of
the plan, based, according to
Canton Township Public Safety
Director Todd Mutchler, on the
inaction on complaints submit-
ted to Worthy's office. Mutchler
told the board members at a
meeting last month that about 40
such requests for warrants
received no response and no
action was forthcoming from the
prosecutor. Mutchler said the
move is an effort to ensure that
domestic violence cases are
prosecuted as quickly as possi-
ble.
Worthy said that she received
an email from township offi-
cials, but has not received a list
of any cases or warrant requests.
She said she is unable to deter-
mine the status of the cases
without more information and
that her office was not notified
of any missing warrant requests
fromCanton.
Worthy said she felt the reas-
signment of these cases was a
public complaint about the effi-
ciency of her office before ever
notifying her of the problem.
She said the township action
was unprofessional and that she
should have been spoken to or
notified of the situation before
any suchpublic criticism.
She also cautioned the town-
ship officials regarding the intri-
cacy of these cases.
“They have no idea what they
are getting into when they take
over these DV (domestic vio-
lence) cases,” she said. “These
are very delicate cases that a
prosecutor should not be han-
dling unless they are specially
trained to do them.”
Worthy's office currently han-
dles about 6,000 to 8,000 domes-
tic violence cases from through-
out the county each year. Worthy
agreed it was a heavy workload
and that more attorneys were
needed inher office.
“I have nothing but the
utmost respect for Kym Worthy
and the job she is doing as
Wayne County prosecutor,”
Mutchler said, adding his
department will continue to
work cooperatively with the
prosecutor's office.”We've just
got to take care of the people's
needs inCanton,” he added.
Domestic violence cases pun-
ishable by 93 days in jail and
$500 fines which are misde-
meanors will be handled by
Demopoulous if the amendment
is approved. Costs for those serv-
ices are estimated at about $120
an hour for warrant reviews and
about $750 for a day-long jury
trial.
Felony cases will be referred
toWorthy's office.
Frank Agostini of E.G. Nick's
in Plymouth was one of the first
guests on Live in the D, an all
newmorning program on WDIV
hosted by Northville resident
Chuck Gaidica and new co-host
Tati Amare.
Agostini, with his pumpkin
mousse, bourbon salmon and
grilled meat loaf among other
menu items, was on the new
show to promote the third annu-
al Restaurant Week in down-
town Plymouth. During the
nine-day event, which continues
through Saturday, local partici-
pating restaurants will feature
three-course lunches and din-
ners priced at $15, $25 or $35 per
person.
He challenged Amare to slice
mushrooms for the sauce for his
meat loaf while Gaidica worked
on adding port wine to the hot,
buttery reduction which was
then poured over the entree.
Agostini gave both hosts an A for
their culinary efforts. Amare, a
former television host and pro-
ducer fromNewYorkwhere her
award-winning local lifestyle,
food and travel programs were
aired, confessed to Agostini that
she may have cheated a bit on
the mushroom slicing as she
grewup in a restaurant.
The new morning show
debuted at 10 a.m. Monday and
has been gaining viewers all
week.
“The show is a relentlessly
positive look at Detroit and real-
ly all of southeast Michigan,”
Gaidica said. “Being part of Live
in the D was an unexpected but
happy opportunity for me to
connect with the people of
Detroit in a new way and still
have time to serve our commu-
nity.”
Gaidica left the daily weather
forecast at Channel 4 last year to
pursue his calling to the min-
istry. He can still be seen on his
Force 4 Good reports and on
special event programming like
the Thanksgiving Day Parade
airedbyWDIV.
No coupons or reservations
are need for Restaurant Week.
“Just come down and join us,”
Agostini said.
Participating this year are:
Compari's on the Park, E.G.
Nick's, FiammaGrille, Ironwood
Grill, Nico and Vali, The Post
Local Bistro, Penn Grill, The
Sardine
Room,
Sean
O'Callaghan's Irish Pub and
Stella's Black Dog Tavern.
Sponsors include Fat Tire,
Darkhorse Brewing Co., Bell
and Sons, Sysco, Bacardi and
GreyGoose.
They have no idea what they
are getting into when they take over
these DV (domestic violence) cases.
”
Canton localizes domestic abuse cases
Rolling along
70-year-old alleys
reopened by family
A drive down Huron River Drive in
Romulus was a trip back in time for
Stephanie Wagel and her mother, Sylvia
Parecki, during the past decade or so.
The pair would travel past Romulus
Lanes and remember when Parecki's
father first built the lanes as an addition to
his neighborhood bar more than 70 years
ago. Walter Parecki originally owned a
small store in Romulus which he sold to
buy the bar. In 1945, he built the bowling
alley. Upon his death in 1956, his wife,
Helen and son, Eugene Parecki continued
operating the business. When Helen died
in 1980, Eugene and his wife, Sylvia, kept
the bowling alley open. Helen died in 1980
and Sylvia and her husband continued
operating the business until 2001 when
they reluctantly sold the flourishing family
business.
During the past decade or so, however,
driving past the building became more
andmore troubling for bothWagel and her
mother as they witnessed the deteriora-
tion of the building and saw the effects of
time erode the façade, until, eventually,
the businesswas shuttered.
In May, the business came back to the
family and they made the decision to take
on the costly and extensive repairs neces-
sary to reopen Romulus Lanes. Parecki,
now 77, and Wagel, 52, along with the rest
of the family are operating the historic
alley, making repairs as they go along.
“My grandfather bought the bar in 1943
and built the bowling alley as an addition
in 1945,” Wagel said. “We recently came
across some photos of the first leagues
who bowled here.” She said there are
many photos of bowlers from decades ago
that are being processed which will soon
behung in the alley.
The renovations and clean up haven't
been easy, Wagel admitted. No matter how
simple a task seems, it always leads to
something far more complicated and
expensive.
“We thought, hey, we can just replace
these few floor tiles, only to find out there
were problems with the sub-floor,” she
said. The family has painted and cleaned,
repaired the awning and roof along with
the outside of the building andmade plans
formore renovations as time allows.
“League bowling just began, and it's dif-
ficult to get these things done when they
Working at restoring
Romulus Lanes is a fami-
ly affair for Sylvia Parecki,
left whose father built the
alleys, her son-in-law and
daughter Rob and
Stephanie Wagel and her
grandchildren, Amanda
and Matthew Wagel. At
right is a photo of Walter
and Helen Parecki, origi-
nal owners.
See
Family,
page 4
Being part of Live in the D was
an unexpected but happy opportunity
for me to connect with the people of Detroit...
”
Restaurant Week promoted on new show
