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October 29, 2015
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ORTHVILLE
Officers graduate from
police and command courses
Community band to present ‘Haunting of Canton Hallows’
New mayor, 2 council members on Northville ballot
Canton Police Sergeant Michael
Kennedy successfully completed Police
Staff and Command School at Eastern
Michigan University. Kennedy's gradua-
tion was preceded by Sgt. Gregory
DeGrand and Sgt. Dale Waltz who suc-
cessfully completed Michigan State
University's Police Staff and Command
School in June.
The EMU and MSU Staff and
Command Schools are 360- and 400-
hour programs, designed to provide
extensive training focused on the man-
agement, planning, analysis and admin-
istration of police departments and per-
sonnel. The programs are problem-
based learning, fostering critical think-
ing and philosophies applicable in the
law enforcement community. The
unique experience takes the officer
beyond traditional operational methods
and exposes them to conceptual think-
ing, paving the way for their future suc-
cess as a command officer, a spokesper-
son said.
Police Staff and Command School is
mandatory for all Canton command offi-
cers and is a component of the ongoing
training Canton police officers partici-
pate in on a regular basis.
DeGrand and Kennedy have been
with the department for 14 years, and
Waltz has been with the department for
16 years.
All three are currently assigned to the
Patrol Division as shift supervisors pro-
viding leadership, training and direc-
tion to roadpatrol officers. They are also
responsible for administrative assign-
ments and special projects, under the
leadership of their assigned shift com-
mander.
Looking for some spooky fun
that the whole family can enjoy
on Halloween before an evening
of trick or treating? The Canton
Concert Band will present The
Haunting
of
Canton
Hollows….Returns a Halloween
concert from 2-3:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 31 at The Village
Theater at CherryHill.
Under the musical direction
of Jim Blough, the concert will
take audience members on a
musical adventure filled with
some symphonic tricks and treats
and spooky surprises. For this
frightfully fun performance, don
your best Halloween costume.
The Canton Concert Band, com-
prising more than 50 musicians,
is the resident concert band of
The Village Theater at Cherry
Hill. This group of volunteers,
who hail from various back-
grounds from throughout the
Metro Detroit area, presents this
fan-favorite concert each year
during which the musicians
dress up as scary characters of
all kinds. Mainstage theater
doors will open a half hour prior
to curtain.
Tickets to this Halloween con-
cert are $12 for adults, $10 for
seniors and students and can be
purchased at
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lagetheater.org. Tickets are also
available for purchase at the Box
Office from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Monday through Friday and one
hour prior to show time. For
additional information about the
Canton Concert Band, visit
.
The Village Theater at Cherry
Hill is located at 50400 Cherry
Hill Road in Canton. For more
information, call (734) 394-5300 or
visit
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org.
Northville voters will choose
two city council members and a
newmayor at the pollsNov. 3.
Eileen Gikas and Ken Roth
each hope to become mayor
while incumbent City Council
member Nancy Darga, Joe
Corriveau and Marilyn Price
each hope to fill the two 4-year
terms on the city council.
The candidates recently
attended a candidate forum
hosted by the League of Women
VotersWesternWayne.
Gikas said that she wants
more enforcement of building
codes in the historic district of
the city while Roth said he
wants a community-wide discus-
sion of the water rates and the
needs in the city for roads and
sewers.
Roth, an attorney, said he
agrees construction rules must
be enforced particularly since
larger houses place a larger bur-
den on the infrastructure in the
community, as evidenced by the
storm run off from increased
pavement inneighborhoods.
Gikas, a sales manager and
volunteer at Our Lady of Victory
Church and School, said that
preservation of the historic dis-
trict is one of her priorities. She
said her priorities are communi-
cation with residents, road and
traffic safety and the downtown.
Council candidate Price, a
psychologist and 12-year-mem-
ber of the Youth Assistance pro-
gram, said managing continued
growth, expanded senior hous-
ing and bringing the community
through transition are her goals.
She also said a better blend of
downtown business and better
roads are among her goals.
Corriveau, a local attorney,
said a more collaborative effort
with community members is
needed in the city. He said he
was willing to listen to all
options for the city.
Incumbent Darga said she
wants to continue to address fis-
cal responsibility and the impact
of the Headlee Amendment on
the city budget. She also said
development is a priority and
that shewould like to see amore
cohesive vision for the city.
Darga is the executive director
of the Ford Piquette Avenue
Plant inDetroit.
Michael Kennedy
Gregory DeGrand
Dale Waltz
