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allow her contact with her parents. Her preliminary

hearing is scheduled for tomorrow, Oct. 31, as is

Rivera's.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy made

the decision to charge Sikorski as an adult in the

attack and alleged plot motivated, prosecutors

allege, by Sikorski's desire to again run away with

Rivera.

“Bluntly, it is rare for this office to charge a 15-

year-old as an adult. However, the alleged facts in

this case strongly warrant this decision. The alleged

actions of this defendant and her co- defendant, to

conspire to kill her entire family, are truly haunting,”

saidWorthy in a prepared statement.

Rivera and Sikorski were arrested on the south-

west side of Detroit at about 8 a.m. Friday, only about

six hours after the attack, bymembers of theWestern

Wayne County Criminal Response Team, which had

been mobilized after the incident, according to

PlymouthTownshipPolice.

Rivera was arraigned Oct. 19

on the same charges as Sikorski,

excepting the use of a computer

violation. A $1 million cash or

surety bond was set for himby the

court. Rivera's preliminary hear-

ing is also scheduled for tomor-

row morning in 35th District

Court.

The criminal sexual charges

pending against him will be dis-

missed at the time of his prelimi-

nary examination on the conspir-

acy to murder charges pending

further investigation needed to

proceed, according to a statement

fromWorthy's office.

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CITY OF ROMULUS

PLANNING COMMISSION

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

ON A PROPOSED SPECIAL LAND USE

OUTDOOR STORAGE YARD

TERRA CONTRACTING SERVICES ~ LOT 52 METROPLEX DR.

Notice is hereby given that the City of Romulus will hold a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on

Monday, November 17, 2014

for the purpose of considering a Special Land Use proposal. The

public hearing will be held at the Romulus City Hall Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Road,

Romulus MI 48174-1485.

The Planning Commission has set the public hearing to consider a request from Terra

Contracting Services for a proposed contractor ’s yard for metal containers and portable trail-

ers located on a 0.92+/-acre parcel on Metroplex Drive. Parcel # 82-80-008-01-0052-000.

Zoning: M-1 Light Industrial District. Contractor yards are permitted in the M-1 Light

Industrial District, subject to Special Land Use Approval. Copies of the application are avail-

able for review at City Hall during regular business hours.

All interested parties are encouraged to attend and will be given an opportunity to comment on

said request. Written comments may be submitted until 12:00 noon, Monday, November 17,

2014 and should be addressed to Carol Maise, City Planner, 11111 Wayne Road, Romulus, MI

48174-1485.

Ellen Craig-Bragg, City Clerk

City of Romulus, Michigan

Publish: October 30, 2014

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON

INVITATION TO BID

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S, Canton, Michigan will accept

sealed bids at the Office of the Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, November 13, 2014 for the following:

AVID EDITING WORKSTATIONS

Bids may be picked up at the Finance & Budget Department, or you may contact Mike Sheppard at: (734) 394-5225. All bids

must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the proposal name, company name, address and telephone number

and date and time of bid opening. The Township reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals. The Township does

not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of

services.

TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK

Publish 10/30/2014

EC103014-1023 2.5 x 1.812

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON

ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS

The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities at

the meeting/hearing upon a two week notice to the Charter Township of Canton. These services include signers for the hearing

impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting. 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 30, 2014

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LYMOUTH

Renewal of public safety millage to be on ballot

Canton seeks volunteers for free tax return help

Historic Museum to

be rededicated Nov. 12

Symphony chairman

honored by county board

Members of the Plymouth

Township Board of Trustees

unanimously voted to place the

renewal of two current public

safety millages on a February

ballot. They will not ask for any

increase in the millage rate but

ask voters to extend the current

rate for 20 years.

The vote followed a study ses-

sion Oct. 14, scheduled to review

the expiring millages, along with

the 2015 budget, estimated at

$13.87 million. Notice was post-

ed late Friday evening for the

previously unscheduled meeting

following a regular meeting the

week before.

Following the meeting, resi-

dents commented that the real

issues involved were the ongoing

battle between township officials

and the local fire department

union and the very public skir-

mish with the City of Plymouth

regarding $3.2 million in costs

for past fire services incurred

during the time the communities

shared fire department services

as part of an intergovernmental

agreement.

Residents in attendance at

the study session said they sup-

port the fire department and

have great concerns about the

severe reductions in staffing and

a closed fire station. Many said

they attended the meeting after

postings on social media and the

internet included information

from the board packet indicating

township officials might raise

taxes to help pay for a hotly con-

tested $1.9 million park pavilion

and outdoor amphitheater. The

controversial project was the

impetus for the grassroots recall

effort aimed at Supervisor

Richard Reaume, Treasurer

Ron Edwards, Clerk Nancy

Conzelman and Trustee Kay

Arnold.

A 2-mill police and fire mill-

age was approved in 1985 was in

effect from 1986 to 2005. In 2006

voters approved the reduction of

the millage to1.6348. The police

and firemillage generates nearly

half the annual township rev-

enue or about $2.20 per thou-

sanddollars of assessedproperty

value. The total assessment in

the township is about $4 per

thousand dollars of assessed

value. If approved, the renewed

millages would generate about

$3.7million in 2016.

The Headlee Reduction, as it

is known, was approved in 1978.

It only allows a millage to gener-

ate extra revenue at the rate of

inflation plus new revenue from

new construction. Any extra rev-

enue is given back to the taxpay-

er in amillage reduction.

“We don't feel there is a need

at this point to ask for an

increase,” said Reaume at the

study session. The current mill-

ages expire at the end of 2015.

Reaume was adamant about

scheduling the public safety ref-

erendum in February, timing

questioned by one resident who

felt the early winter date would

not garner the needed voter sup-

port to approve the renewal mill-

age. The election is scheduled

forFeb. 24.

Trustee Mike Kelly was

absent from the meeting, which

at times became volatile. When

members of the audience

repeatedly said they couldn't

hear Conzelman, Reaume

screamed into his microphone,

“Maybe we need to talk like

this.”

Raised voices continued

when Edwards angrily deflected

questions from Trustee Bob

Doroshewitz about staff salaries

and benefits and officials'

favoritism in hiring practices,

calling them gifts. Doroshewitz

said that the 2015 budget for the

supervisory

office

was

$437,207.00 up 3 percent fromthe

prior year and $100,000 was

spent to subsidize the park golf

course venture, which in past

years has operated at a loss.

The Canton Historical Society

will mark the grand re-opening

of the 130-year old Canton

Historical Museum with an open

house from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday,

Nov. 12.

A special ribbon-cutting cere-

mony is also scheduled to take

place promptly at 6:30 p.m. and

light refreshments will be avail-

able during the event.

The Canton Historical

Museum will reopen to the pub-

lic with a newly-installed exhibi-

tion titled, Life Unplugged:

Connecting Canton in the Past,

featuring communication tools

through the ages. Visitors can

learn how people communicated

in the rural past of Canton any

time during regular museum

hours, from 1-4 Tuesdays, from 5-

8 p.m. Thursdays and from 10

a.m. until 4 p.m. onSaturdays.

Highlights from the restora-

tionproject included renovations

to the existing floors, foundation

and foundation walls. In addi-

tion, all incandescent lighting

was converted to energy-saving

LED lights.

Celebrating its 130th anniver-

sary, the Canton Historical

Museum is located at 1022 S.

Canton Center Road on the cor-

ner of Canton Center Road and

Heritage Park Drive in Canton.

Still in its original location, the

Canton Historical Museum was

previously used as a one-room

schoolhouse. Formerly known as

the Canton Center School, this

historical site started in 1840 as a

log cabin schoolhouse which

burned down in 1883. The school

was rebuilt with bricks the fol-

lowing year. Admission to the

Canton Historical Museum is by

donation.

For additional information,

visit www.cantonhistoricalsoci-

ety.org or call (734) 397-0088 for

group tour details.

Don Soenen of Plymouth has

been honored with the Arts

Patron Award by the Wayne

County Council for the Arts,

History andHumanities.

Citing Soenen's work with the

Michigan Philharmonic, where

he is the ex-officio chairman of

the board of directors, theVillage

Theater in Canton, the Penn

Theatre in downtown Plymouth

and his work on the Plymouth

Arts and Recreation Center

(PARC), the council acknowl-

edged the significant support for

the arts Soenen has demonstrat-

ed formore than two decades.

“We admire Don Soenen and

thank him for his support of the

arts in Western Wayne County.

Don was behind the drive to

build the Village Theater, pre-

serve the Penn in Plymouth

when it was threatened with

demolition, move the Michigan

Philharmonic into the forefront

of regional orchestras and is cur-

rently working on the PARC proj-

ect in Plymouth which would

bring much needed arts and

recreation space to the area”,

said Stella Greene, chair of

Wayne County Council for the

Arts, History andHumanities

The purpose of the Wayne

County Council for the Arts,

History and Humanities is to

promote education and appreci-

ation for the arts, history and

humanities in Wayne County.

The council consists of citizen

volunteers who represent a vari-

ety of areas of expertise who

organize and conduct many pro-

grams and activities throughout

the year including the annual

recognition awards ceremony

that honors outstanding arts and

cultural achievement in Wayne

County.

The Canton Club 55+ Senior

Center will once again be the

host site for AARP Tax-Aide vol-

unteers offering free tax assis-

tance by appointment to area res-

idents starting Feb. 3, 2015. In

preparation of tax season, the

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is

seeking volunteers to help low-

to-moderate income-taxpayers

with tax preparation assistance.

The AARPTax-Aide program,