No. 45
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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November 5 – 11, 2015
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There will be no parade
this year to celebrate the
arrival of Santa in the City of
Wayne for the first time in
nearly four decades.
See page 4.
Tickets are now on sale
for the Holiday Home Tour
presented by the Northville
Community Foundation
planned for 10 a.m. until 4
p.m. Nov. 13 and 14.
See page 2.
The Belleville Good-
Fellows will be accepting
applications for Belleville
and Van Buren Township
residents from Nov. 2 - Dec.
4. Applications will be avail-
able at the Van Buren
TownshipHall.
See page 3.
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Individuals and organiza-
tions are welcome to partici-
pate in the annual Veteran's
Day parade planned for 9:30
a.m. Nov. 11 inRomulus.
See page 5.
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For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Members of the Westland
City Council have approved
a 12-year tax abatement
request fromWilliams-Bayer
Industries, Inc., a Tier 2
automotive supplier.
See page 5.
Canton will honor area
service men and service
women in a special “Salute
to Service” ceremony at 7
p.m. Nov. 11 at The Village
Theater at Cherry Hill, locat-
ed 50400CherryHill Road.
See page 3.
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The Beaumont Breast
Care Center - Wayne teamed
up with the Western Wayne
Family Health Center in a
campaign to promote breast
cancer awareness and save
lives.
See page 4.
Increased radioactive waste
may soon be headed for the US
Ecology hazardous waste land-
fill inVanBurenTownship.
Representatives from the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
met with members of the Van
Buren Township Environmen-
tal CommissionOct. 21 as part of
the process to determine if the
landfill will be used to dispose
of radioactive soil as part of the
federal Superfund Cleanup
effort. The Army performs clean
ups across the country and is
attempting to find locations for
the radioactive waste to shorten
the cross-country hauling now
necessary for disposal. Several
states refuse to take radioactive
waste at anything higher than 5
picocuries.
The landfill is located across
I-94 a short distance from
BellevilleLake.
Physical health experts from
the Army Corps attended the
meeting which included
Matthew Best, the township
deputy director of Planning and
economic development. Best
said themeeting took placewith
only 24-hours notice.
Best said that the federal gov-
ernment is considering bringing
radioactive waste of 50 pic-
ocuries to the local landfill. The
waste, referred to as TENORM
or technologically enhanced,
naturally occurring radioactive
material, would be buried 10
feet or more below the ground
surface. Best said the corps rep-
resentatives described the pro-
Plymouth Township officials
voted unanimously last week on
the appointment of Steve Mann
to the unexpired term of trustee
Kay Arnold who died earlier
this month. Mann formerly
served terms as a board trustee
and supervisor in the township.
He has reportedly said he will
serve only until Arnold's term
ends in November of 2016 and
will not seek election to the
board.
The unanimous vote came
after wrangling during a one-
hour session during which sev-
eral residents in attendance
expressed hopes of a different
manner and criteria for the
selection.
Supervisor Shannon Price
explained the selection plan
starting with an endorsement
for Mann, who was conspicuous-
ly absent from the meeting.
Price said that Mann, an attor-
ney with the Miller Canfield law
firm, had a previous employ-
ment commitment.
Mann served as township
supervisor from 2000-2004. In
2004 he was elected to serve a
four-year term as a trustee and
re-elected in 2008 for a second
term which continued through
2012, when he opted not to seek
re-election.
Mann, who began his employ-
ment career as a Plymouth
Township police officer, earned
his law degree while employed
with the township.
Trustee Chuck Curmi noted
that he was not in favor of
Mann's appointment.
“Mann is not my first choice
because I want new thinking.
Ron (Treasurer Ron Edwards),
I'm a little pained by your num-
ber one (Mann). If you want con-
sensus, I'll do it.”
Clerk Nancy Conzelman
offered the motion to approve
Mann's appointment while
Curmi and Trustee Bob
Doroshewitz suggested a poll of
public opinion after shout-outs
from audience members pep-
pered the discussion.
“I don't think there's any
harm in letting the public
speak,”Doroshewitz said.
After some discussion, Price
Hat trick
Canton girl organizes Autism
Awareness college hockey game
A Plymouth manufactur-
ing firm is taking exception
after receiving a cease and
desist warning from town-
ship officials.
See page 2.
Van Buren landfill may take radioactive waste
See
Trustees,
page 2
See
Waste,
page 3
Former supervisor named to Plymouth board
Kylie Scarpacemay not play
hockey, but she scored a hat
trick at a recent University of
Michigan game.
First, she convinced
Wolverine head coach Red
Berenson to host an Autism
Awareness game. Then she
negotiated a quiet room and
special ticket price at the game
for autistic fans and finally she
sang the National Anthem
before the sold-out crowd of
5,000.
The 11-year-old seventh
grade student at Discovery
Middle School in Canton
Township took on the task of
Autism Awareness in an effort
to help bring attention to the
increase in the disorder which
affects her best friend and
about 3.5 million others in the
U.S. She came upwith the idea
watching a hockey game with
her dad, L.J. Scarpace, the
Wolverine director of player
development at the U of M,
who was a goalie onMichigan's
FrozenFour teamin 2001.
When she saw the Boston
University team wearing the
puzzle piece autism logo on
their helmets, she asked her
dad if theMichigan team could
do something like that to sup-
port autismawareness.
He sent her to Berenson,
someone she has known her
entire life, telling her it was up
to her to convince the coach to
designate the game as a benefit
for autism. She did have a
slight edge with the coach,
since her grandfather played
professional hockey with
Berenson.
She prepared a Power Point
and slide presentation and
took reams of research to the
meeting, convincing Berenson
immediately to agree to the
Oct. 18 Wolverine hockey game
against Mercyhurst to the
cause.
Both the Michigan and
Mercyhurst players wore puz-
zle piece ribbon stickers, the
National Autistic Society logo,
on their helmets during the
game.
Berenson was so impressed
with Scarpace's presentation,
he took the next step, calling
Hockey Hall of Fame legend
Ted Lindsay, who also got
behind the event. His Ted
Lindsay Foundation has donat-
ed more than $2 million to
fund autism research and
increase awareness of the dis-
ease. Lindsay attended the
game, dropped the puck to
start play and his foundation
set up information booths at
the arena.
Scarpace was prompted to
help people understand
autism by her affection for best
friend, who is autistic.
“We're all unique and differ-
ent. We shouldn't judge people
based on labels,” she said. She
added that she is very excited
by the newest Sesame Street
character, Julia, who is autistic,
who will help bring awareness
to the syndrome.
Scarpace said it was seeing
the looks some people give her
friend that made her realize
more needed to be done to
help people understand
autism.
The game, which attracted a
crowd of 5,000 cheering fans,
did just that, especially with
the presence of hockey great
Lindsay.
Scarpace included a quiet
room for those with autism at
the game inher proposal.
“When you have a child
with autism, meltdowns can be
at any moment and they are
very sensitive to noise,”
Scarpace said. The quiet room
was clearly marked in the Yost
Arena lobby area and audio
levels lowered inside.
Scarpace, who has been
interested in music and per-
formance since she was a tod-
dler, recently performed in her
first professional stage role in
Dexter and will be performing
at The Dio in Pinckney in Mrs.
Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas
Binge, her second professional
theater experience.
Her interest in performing
led her to suggest, as part of
her proposal to Berenson, that
she sing the National Anthem
at the game.
University officials, unfamil-
iar withher past theatrical per-
formances, suggested she audi-
tion for the honor. When she
did, her mother, Stacy
Scarpace, said she wowed
them
See
Autism,
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Don Howard
Staff Writer
Google Earth indicates the Wayne Disposal site owned by US
Ecology is about 2,250 feet from the shoreline of Belleville Lake.
Kylie Scarpace
