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No. 43
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October 30 – November 5, 2014
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Wayne voters will be
asked to change the city
charter next Tuesday and in
doing so, change the way
their city officials are elect-
ed.
See page 2.
City of Romulus voters
will face two charter amend-
ment questions next
Tuesday, Nov. 4, designed to
save money and streamline
some purchasing processes.
See page 5.
Members of the Plymouth
Township Board of Trustees
unanimously voted to place
the renewal of two current
public safety millages on a
February ballot.
See page 3.
The Northville Citizen of
the Year award this year
went to Ken Roth, a 12-year
member of the Northville
Community Schools Board of
Education.
See page 4.
Despite widespread pub-
licity and criticism, there has
been very little public inter-
est in the special panel con-
vened to review state regula-
tions on disposing of radioac-
tivematerials.
See page 5.
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Westland Mayor William
Wild put an end to any fur-
ther negotiations regarding
the formation of an intergov-
ernmental Wayne, Westland
and Inkster fire authority.
See page 2.
The Canton Club 55+
Senior Center will once
again be the host site for
AARP Tax-Aide volunteers
offering free tax assistance
by appointment to area resi-
dents.
See page 3.
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More than 1,200 vials of
the synthetic drug called
Cloud 9 were seized by
authorities from the ware-
house and apartment of an
Inksterman last week.
See page 4.
Each of the members of the
Plymouth Township Board of
Trustees is now facing a recall
effort.
Supervisor Richard Reaume,
who faces recall from a grass-
roots activist group, has filed
recall petitions with the Wayne
County Elections Commission
against
trustees
Bob
Doroshewitz, Chuck Curmi and
MikeKelly.
Reaume filed the petition lan-
guage Oct. 17 with the office of
Wayne County Clerk Cathy
Garrett.
Along
with
Reaume,
Township Treasurer Ron
Edwards,
Clerk
Nancy
Conzelman and Trustee Kay
Arnold face recall action by the
citizens' group. While Reaume
has conceded that language
against him is clear, the other
three are appealing the decision
of the elections commission to
approve ballot language against
them. Ahearing on that matter is
slated forNov. 6.
“Reaume was elected to be
the leader and the role of the
leader is to unite the board, not
to continue to divide it. By tak-
ing this action, he signaled that
he has thrown in the towel and
given up any hope that hewill be
able to lead. Sad for the people
of Plymouth Township,” said
Doroshewitz about Reaume's
action.
A review of voting records at
townshipmeetings shows a clear
division in voting on issues, with
Doroshewitz, Kelly and Curmi
voting on one side of issues
while Reaume, Edwards,
Conzelman and Arnold take the
majority position onmost others.
The basis for Reaume's pro-
posed recall against Curmi is his
vote to approve a motion by
Edwards to disallow any inter-
governmental agreement with
the City of Plymouth for another
two years. The basis for cited for
the recall of Doroshewitz is a
threat by the trustee to sue the
township.
“This is a malicious attempt
to confuse and frustrate the citi-
zens. I have the moral political
courage to do the right thing,”
Curmi said. He said that
Reaume's actionmade the entire
board look “silly.”
If the language Reaume has
submitted for the recall is
approved, he and any supporters
of the effort would have 60 days
to gather 4,200 signatures on
petitions seeking a recall elec-
tion. In that election, the three
would have to be elected by a
majority of voters to serve
against opponents, presumably
from the Democratic Party. All of
the elected officials involved in
the recalls were elected as
Republicans.
Kelly did not immediately
respond to requests for com-
ments on the recall effort.
A 15-year-old Plymouth
Township girl and her 23-year-
old boyfriend are accused of con-
spiring tomurder her entire fam-
ily beginning with a vicious
attack onher 12-year-oldbrother.
Roksana Sikorski, a ninth-
grade student at Salem High
School, was charged as an adult
and arraigned on felony charges
after her arrest by Plymouth
Township Police Oct. 17. Her
parents, Jeff and Laurene
Sikorski, had filed criminal com-
plaints against her boyfriend,
Michael Angelo Rivera of
Detroit, on July 30 after the pair
ran off together. A warrant was
requested for Rivera by
Plymouth Township Police on
charges of criminal sexual con-
duct third degree and accosting a
minor for immoral purposes.
According to Maria Miller of the
Wayne County Prosecutor's
Office, the warrant request for
Rivera was received on Sept. 1
and was approved and faxed
back to Plymouth Township
police on Sept. 26. Plymouth
Township police said, however,
that they had never received the
warrant.
The couple was reportedly
stopped by Plymouth officers at 2
a.m. sometime in September and
released as there was no warrant
for Rivera on record. The war-
rant was reissued on Oct. 17,
according toMiller.
Officers and paramedics were
called to the Sikorski family
home on Glenmore Court at
about 2 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 17 on
a 911 report of a stabbing.
Prosecutors allege that Sikorski
attacked her 12-year-old brother
with a knife and repeatedly
stabbed him in the neck while
Riverawas outside the home tex-
ting instructions and photos to
her. She reportedly also attempt-
ed to stabher younger sister, 11.
Prosecutors said that the
screams of the 12-year-old alert-
ed Sikorski's parents and that
Rivera and the 15-year-old fled
the scene before police and para-
medics arrived. Paramedics from
Plymouth Township provided
immediate aid to the boy who
was transported to Mott
Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor
where he underwent surgery for
injuries to his neck and throat.
Officials said that he is expected
to make a full recovery and has
been released from the hospital.
The younger sister was not physi-
cally harmed in the attempted
attack by her sibling, according to
police, and the knife used in the
attackwas recoveredby police.
All three of the children were
adopted froma Polish orphanage
more than 10 years ago, accord-
ing to court testimony at
Sikorski's arraignment in 35th
District Court last Thursday.
Sikorski's attorney, Leslie Posner
of Detroit, entered a not guilty
plea to the criminal charges
including four counts of conspir-
acy to commit murder, one count
of assault with intent to murder,
one count of using a computer to
commit a crime and one count of
felonious assault. Judge James
Plakas set her bond at $1 million
during the arraignment proceed-
ings, which both her parents
attended. Plakas required that
should bail be posted for
Sikorski, she have no contact
with either of her siblings but did
See
Stabbing,
page 3
”
This is a malicious attempt
to confuse and frustrate the citizens.
I have the moral political courage to do the right thing.
Upgrades planned at
historic State Wayne
Visitors to the State Wayne
Theatre are going to be a lot
more comfortable very soon.
Phoenix Theatres, owners of
the movie house, will renovate
each of the four auditoriums in
the downtown landmark.
Among the amenities
planned is the replacement of
every seat in the building with
large, electric-powered, leather
recliners. Each auditorium will
feature wall-to-wall plush car-
peting, reconfigured aisle spac-
ing to provide every guest with 6
feet of leg room, and new, vastly
increased digital picture sizes in
every auditorium. Renovations
are already under way and the
full project is scheduled to be
finished by December - just in
time for the holiday movie sea-
son.
“We remain true to our mis-
sion at Phoenix Theatres of
focusing our attention onmaking
the customer experience the
best we can offer, where every
seat in the house is the first class
section,” said Phoenix Theatres
owner Cory Jacobson. “We are
significantly upgrading our
newest property, the State
Wayne, and will offer plush
recliners with power-lift
footrests, better sightlines, in a
completely new environment
coupled with fully updated digi-
tal picture and sound. We are
also leaving our current ticket
price policy in place, providing
what we hope to be the finest
movie-going value anyone can
find anywhere inMichigan.”
Phoenix Theatres purchased
the State Wayne Theatre build-
ing from the City of Wayne in
mid-September. It also operates
the theatre at Laurel Park Place
in Livonia, which will become
the third theater owned by
Phoenix to install plush power-
reclining seats by the end of
December 2014.
“Phoenix Theatres is current-
ly the only theatre that is not
raising prices for the luxury of
reclining while experiencing the
latest Hollywood releases - all
part of our effort to maximize
customer comfort, convenience
and value,” said Jacobson.
“We see great promise in the
other historic buildings in down-
town Wayne and want to be a
part of the resurgence and
revival of businesses there for
the long run,” Jacobson said.
“We plan on keeping the history-
tellingmural on the exterior east
wall that shows the great
progress of Wayne over the
years. We want to preserve that
part of how the City of Wayne
tells its story to visitors and
young people in the community.
“And without question, the
classic wrap around marquee
with its 1,152 lamps is the char-
acter of the theatre and one of
the most unique historical mar-
quees in the country - it's part of
what drew us to Wayne in the
first place,” Jacobson added. “I
personally have a great love for
the classic movie theatres across
America and the State-Wayne is
one of the finest in Michigan, a
real gem right here in our own
backyard.”
Phoenix Theatres was named
the 2013 Business of the Year by
the Wayne Chamber of
Commerce.
Supervisor files language to recall 3 trustees
Phoenix Theatres purchased the State Wayne Theatre building from
the City of Wayne in mid-September.
The warrant request for
Rivera was received on
Sept. 1 and was
approved
and faxed back to
Plymouth Township
police on Sept. 26.
”
Roksana Sikorski
Parents of 15-year-old stabbing suspect had
filed criminal sex complaint against boyfriend