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Inkster based Starfish Family
Services (Starfish), a nonprofit
organization dedicated to creating
brighter futures for the children of
at risk families in metropolitan
Detroit, has been awarded a
$50,000 grant from the Ethel and
James Flinn Foundation to expand
its integrated health care initiative
into an obstetrics and gynecological
(OB/GYN) setting to ensure the
emotional and physical needs of
women are met during pre-concep-
tion, pregnancy andbeyond.
This investment supports the
Starfish mission in serving chil-
dren and families, believing that
the long-term success of children
depends on strong families whose
economic, social, and physical
health needs are met, beginning
with maternal health, explained
StarfishCEOAnnKalass.
“Driving the integration of phys-
ical and mental health care in
southeast Michigan and across the
state is a key element of Starfish's
approach to best meet the needs of
children and families,” said Kalass.
“To achieve our mission, we need
to be at the leading edge of trans-
forming healthcare systems into
integrated models, with a special-
ized focus on infant and pediatric
needs inprimary care.”
Women in Wayne County,
between the ages of 12 and 50, are
at greater risk for experiencing
hardships, toxic stress and trauma,
than women in any other county in
Michigan due to the environment
in which they live that includes:
poverty, low-education, susceptibil-
ity to physical assault, domestic vio-
lence, social isolation, and depres-
sion.
These hardships can jeopardize
not only a woman's well-being but
the future health and development
of her children, as evidenced by
disproportionately high incidences
of low-birth weight infants (10.6
percent) and infant mortality (10.2
for every 1,000 births) in Wayne
County that have steadily increased
since 2010.
The American Academy of
Pediatrics has linked early adversi-
ty to later deficiencies in learning,
behavior, and both physical and
mental well-being across the span
of human development, making
screening women of childbearing
age evenmore critical.
The Flinn-funded project will
embed a behavioral health consult-
ant into an OB/GYN practice serv-
ing low-income, pre-conception
and pregnant women at the
Western Wayne Family Health
Centers, located in Inkster and
Taylor and serving western Wayne
County. Specifically, the behavioral
health consultant will work along-
side OB/GYNs to provide standard-
ized screenings to detect stresses
and traumas early and provide crit-
ical interventions that are key to
positive mental health outcomes
formothers.
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October 10, 2013
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
WILLOW RUN AIRPORT
FAR Part 150 Supplemental Noise Compatibility Study
Yankee Air Museum
47884 D Street
Belleville, Michigan
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Wayne County Airport Authority is in the final stages of conducting a Federal Aviation
Regulation (FAR) Part 150 Aircraft Noise and Land Use Compatibility Supplemental
Study for Willow Run Airport. The supplemental Study represents the combined efforts of
community and airport stakeholders who have an interest in activity at the Airport.
The public is invited to attend a Public Hearing to provide information about changing
conditions that have taken place since the last Part 150 Noise Study was completed in
2009. Those changes include reductions in aircraft operations and the potential closure of
Runway 14-32.
Wayne County Airport Authority will hold a Public Hearing on the Part 150 Supplemental
Study on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at the Yankee Air Museum located at 47884 D
Street in Belleville, Michigan from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Hearing will be a formal open
house format, allowing the public to stop by anytime between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. A short
presentation will be held at 6:00 p.m. Public comments will be taken by a court reporter
after the 6:00 p.m. presentation or can be made in writing and submitted that evening.
Written comments can also be submitted by mail through November 15, 2013 to:
Theresa Samosiuk
Wayne County Airport Authority
L.C. Smith Terminal - Mezzanine
Detroit, Michigan 48242
Theresa.samosiuk@wcaa.us
A copy of the Supplemental Recommendations Chapter is available for public review in
the Airport Administrative offices at Willow Run Airport, 801 Willow Run, Ypsilanti, MI.,
or www.wcaa.us/development/noise/willowrunoverview, and www.willowrunairport.com/
development. Pre-arranged appointments can be made by calling (734) 485-6666.
Reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired will be
provided upon three (3) days' notice to Kristy Exner, Wayne County Airport Authority at
(734) 247-2223 or by e-mail to kristy.exner@wcaa.us.
Publish: October 10, 2013
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired
and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon two
weeks notice to the Charter Township of Canton. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the
Charter Township of Canton by writing or calling the following:
Gwyn Belcher, ADA Coordinator
Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road
Canton, MI 48188
(734) 394-5260
Published: October 10, 2013
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LYMOUTH
Commissioners to discuss township officials’ pay
Inkster ‘Starfish’ awarded $500,000 health grant
When the Plymouth Township
Compensation Commission met
Monday, their goal was to agree on
how much the elected township
officials should be paid next year.
Commissioners have said they
need to keep compensation at a
high level to attract the best and
most qualified candidates for these
electedpositions.
The five-member commission
meets in odd-numbered years and
compares pay rates for comparable
positions in other communities. In
2013 the supervisor, clerk and treas-
urer in Plymouth Township each
received 3.6 percent increases.
Compensation commission
members are nominated by
Township Supervisor Richard
Reaume and those nominations
approved by a vote of the township
board of trustees. Commissioners
serve five-year terms. Three new
members, Jerry Jagacki, Randy
Jost and Sarah Gatzek, were
appointed by a 4-3 vote at a
September board meeting. Two
were added to replace members
whose commission had expired
and one replaced Steve O'Conner
who submitted his resignation not
too long after his wife, Nancy
Conzelman, was elected as town-
ship clerk.
Reaume, Conzelman, Treasurer
Ron Edwards and Trustee Kay
Arnold voted in favor of the new
commission appointments. The
other two commissioners are
BrintonBaker andAnnSmith.
Township reports show four of
the five commissioners contributed
to the campaigns of boardmembers
and newly-appointed member
Gatzek was also employed by the
township as a part-time administra-
tive assistant.
Currently the annual salary for
the township supervisor is $101,998
and the treasurer and clerk are
paid $94,668 each.
In neighboring Northville
Township, comparable in to
Plymouth Township in size and
population, Township Manager
Chip Snider, under the direction of
the board of trustees, is responsible
for the overall management of the
township. According to Snider the
total annual budget for the
Northville Board of Trustees is
$168,000.
Northville Township Supervisor
Robert Nix' annual salary is $25,000
including all expenses, and does
not include a credit card. The town-
ship treasurer is paid $17,000, and
the township clerk, the only full-
time employee, is paid $90,000.
Trustees in Northville Township
are paid $9,000 annually for an
average of 12-18 meetings per year
compared to Plymouth Township
trustees who receive $11,400 annu-
ally.
Plymouth Township Compensa-
tion Commission meetings are
scheduled for Oct. 14, and Oct. 28 at
townshiphall.
In harmony
The Vocal Arts Ensemble of Ann Arbor will preset a free concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20 at the First
United Methodist Church of Plymouth, as part of the churchNOTEworthy concert series. The program,
"Song of the Trumpet" fuses the sonorities of trumpet, piano and chorus, featuring one of the region's
finest trumpeters, Clark Irwin. The program will include music of Hindemith, Halsey Stevens, and several
baroque composers, as well as a new piece by Vocal Arts Director Ben Cohen: The Coming and Passing
of Arthur. Admission to the concert is free; a free-will offering will be received. First United Methodist
Church is located at 45201 North Territorial Road, between Beck and Sheldon, in Plymouth. For more
information 734-453-5280.
Bellringers sought for season
The Salvation Army Plymouth Corps is
searching for volunteer bell ringers.
The group has about 20 locations in the
area where bell ringers will be stationed
from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. during the holiday
season.
The Salvation Army goal for bell ringers
this year is $225,000 with an overall holiday
goal of $315,000, needed to serve the commu-
nity needs.
The Salvation Army RedKettle Kick-Off
will take place along with the Plymouth Tree
Lighting at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 inKelloggPark.
Volunteers can schedule independently at
www.ringbell.org. for more information, con-
tact Sandy Kollinger at (734) 453-5464 ext. 24
or email sandra_kollinger@usc.salvatin-
army.org.
One of those suspended is allegedly the
officer with whom DeFrain was romanti-
cally involved. That officer's wife, formerly
with the detective bureau, has been trans-
ferred to the patrol division, according to
reports.
The sergeant who supervised both
DeFrain and the officer with whom she
was involved has also been placed on
administrative leave, pending the outcome
of a department investigation.
The third officer was reportedly disci-
plined for offenses unrelated to the
DeFrain case.
DeFrain's lawsuit against the township
follows at least four other employees' legal
actions regarding workplace practices at
themunicipality.
According to transcripts of court
records, in September of 2007 a female
employee was awarded $10,000 and her
attorneys another $5,000 to settleher claim.
A former police sergeant was awarded
$600,000 in January of 2008 to settle his
claims against the township and in March
of 2009 another female employee was
awarded $52,666.32 in settlement of her
claims of wrongdoing against Plymouth
Township.
Court records also indicate that in
March of 2002, another former female
employee at township hall was awarded
$190,000 as settlement of her
Whistleblower charges.
Lawsuits
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