No. 42
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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October 15 – 21, 2015
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The electronic age has
come to the 29th District
Court in Wayne where traffic
tickets can now be resolved
online in some cases with
the installation of an online.
See page 2.
Northville High School
will host a Community Open
House from 1-3 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 25. Visitors can tour the
state-of-the-art, technology-
equipped high school with
student leaders as guides.
See page 5.
Van Buren Township hon-
ored 15 individuals who
have worked as long-time
election inspectors during a
regular meeting of the board
of trustees lastmonth.
See page 3.
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One Romulus veteran
received a gesture of appre-
ciation for his 22 years of
service last month as a small
army of volunteers descend-
ed on his home to make
repairs.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
The official dedication of
the
newly-renovated
Jefferson Barns Community
Vitality Center in historic
Norwayne will take place at
4 p.m. tomorrow.
See page 2.
The Village Theater at
Cherry Hill is currently
exhibiting 40 works from the
23rd Annual Canton Fine
Arts Exhibition, including
the juried winners of the
prestigious show.
See page 3.
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The Inkster Legends are
attempting to live up to their
name again this year with
the help they offer more 100
local families at the holidays
throughan annual raffle.
See page 4.
A pair of suspects appeared
in court today to face charges of
armed robbery, home invasion
and felony firearm violations
following what police described
as a crime spreeSept. 28.
The pair, Duan Crawford, 26
and Darlene Binyard, 25, both
of Inkster, are accused of forc-
ing themselves into the home of
an elderly man on Beechwood
in Garden City just after mid-
night Sept. 28. They are accused
of stealing a pistol fromtheman
and taking his car. Police said
that the couple kicked down the
door of a home in the 1500
block of West River Park in
Inkster at 5:48 a.m. where they
stole cash, credit cards and a
laptop from the woman at the
home. They are accused of also
forcing their way into a home
on the 30800 block of Somerset
inWestland and robbing a fami-
ly of four at gunpoint at 6:10
a.m.
They are also charged in the
attempted robbery of another
woman in the 28500 block of
Somerset in Inkster at 6:39 a.m.
In this case, the intended victim
was able to prevent the pair
fromentering her home.
The two were identified
when the vehicle stolen in the
Garden City invasion apparent-
ly ran out of gas and the pair
left evidence in the car which
led to their identity and subse-
quent arrest by Westland police
officers.
Crawford and Binyard were
arraigned in Westland 18th
District Court on charges of
first-degree home invasion, four
counts of armed robbery and
one count of felony firearm.
Crawford is also charged with
being a felon in possession of a
firearm and being a fourth-
degree habitual offender and as
a parole absconder.
Not guilty charges were
entered for both defendants
who remain in custody in lieu
of $750,000 bond. Their proba-
bly cause hearing was sched-
uled today at the Westland
Court and a preliminary exami-
nation on the charges is set for
Oct. 22.
Westland police said that a
breaking and entering at a
home on the 33600 block of
Avondale that also occurred in
the early-morning hours of
Sept. 28 remains under investi-
gation. Additional charges
against the couple are expected
to be filed in other communi-
ties, according to police.
Funeral services took place
yesterday for the longest-serving
member of the Plymouth
Township Board of Trustees,
Kay A. Arnold, who died last
Friday, Oct. 8.
Mrs. Arnold, 76, was born
March 26, 1939, in her grand-
mother's home in Columbus,
Ohio, to Edward and Wilma
Bradfute. She attended Central
Michigan University, and she
was an avid Ohio State Buckeye
fan.
She was the business manag-
er at Colonial Collision in
Plymouth, where she had
worked since 1983. She was also
very active in the Plymouth
community, having served two
terms on the Plymouth
Community Chamber of
Commerce Board and 12 years
on the Community Financial
Credit Union Board. She served
on the Republican Committee
Wayne 11th, and she was cur-
rently serving her fifth term as a
Plymouth Township Trustee, for
a total of 22 years of dedicated
service.
She was a volunteer with
United Way, the Plymouth
Community Arts Council and
the Schoolcraft College
Foundation.
“Mrs. Arnold served as a
trustee for 23 years and worked
on the Planning Commission for
20 years. She was a quiet leader
who led by example-she
believed
in
Plymouth.
Everywhere you go in Plymouth
Township you'll see evidence of
her work,” said Township
Supervisor ShannonPrice.
Mrs. Arnold's close friend
Marilyn Massengill spoke fondly
about their long relationship.
Massengill said she met Arnold
in 1992 for the first time at a
swearing-in ceremony before
the late Plymouth Judge James
Garber. Both Arnold and
Massengill were newly- elected
officials; Massengill as
Township Clerk and Arnold as
Trustee. They continued towork
together until Massengill retired
after 16 years of service. Arnold
continued to hold her elected
position and work on the town-
ship planning commission at the
same time until becoming ill a
fewmonths ago.
“She was a loyal friend--
someone you could talk to and
share your feelings with…we
both celebrated our birthdays
and holidays together. This July
we took a really nice cruise to
Alaska. It was Kay's first ocean
cruise.”Massengill said.
“We enjoyed each other, had
a lot of fun. She was always
there forme.”Massengill said.
Township officials spoke of
Arnold's dedication to Plymouth
and the various projects she
supported in the community.
Fellow board member Bob
Doroshewitz, who worked with
Mrs. Arnold since 2004, said the
two of them would often talk
and he would joke with her say-
ing, “You're a tough ole broad,”
and they would have “a good
laugh together.”
“She'll surely be missed..I
really respect her years of serv-
ice to the community,”
Doroshewitz said.
Mrs. Arnold is survived by
her beloved husband, Tim; her
Couple charged in area-wide crime spree
The beat goes on
Heart attack victim reunites with
doctor who saved him during race
The Red October Run had a
much happier ending this year
forRaymondDreher.
Dreher, a Taylor resident,
finished the 5K race in 34:38,
good for second place in the 70-
74 age group. Last year, the race
nearly killedhim.
A regular runner, the 70-
year-old Dreher was nearing
the corner of Howe and
Annapolis roads-just a few
blocks fromBeaumont Hospital
- Wayne, where the race begins
and ends-when he felt an over-
whelming sense of dizziness.
He stopped running, walked for
a few yards, and fell flat on his
face.
“The world was spinning
and then I just dropped,”
Dreher said. “I don't recall
muchof anything after that.”
Dreher had suffered a major
heart attack, caused by block-
ages in several prime arteries.
He flat-lined in the street and
required immediate care to
save his life. Fortunately for
him, fate intervened.
A nurse running behind him
noticed the fall and rushed to
his aid. Even better, Karen
Weaver, M.D., a familymedicine
physician who heads the med-
ical education program at
Beaumont Hospital - Wayne,
was also nearby. Normally, she
volunteers at a water station
along the race route but she
had momentarily left her post
and was escorting her 6-year-
old daughter back toward the
hospital for a pit stop. By hap-
penstance, she came upon the
hectic scene.
“When I went around the
corner, I saw people standing
over him,” Weaver said. “I start-
ed running toward him. When I
got there, the nurse was starting
compressions and I started to
help, as well.” EMS soon
arrived, and used a defibrillator
to restart Dreher's heart before
See
Arnold,
page 5
See
Race,
page 2
Longest-serving Plymouth trustee is mourned
Plymouth
Township
Police are seeing informa-
tion in a hit and run incident
that injured a 10-year-old
child who was running
across Ann Arbor Road at
Sheldon last week.
See page 5.
Kay A. Arnold
Ray Dreher, who survived a heart attack at the Red October
Run in Wayne last year returned with his son, Mark Dreher, to
complete the 5K run this month.
