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November 10, 2011
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Residents are invited to com-
ment on the City of Romulus' pro-
posed demolition of 10 structures
during a public hearing before the
city council starting at 6:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 14, at city hall, 11111
WayneRoad.
The buildings were recommend-
ed for demolition by the city build-
ing and safety department and the
Construction Board of Appeals.
City officials have facilitated the
demolition of structures at 392
addresses over the past 11 years.
“In an effort to make the city
safer and look better, we target
blighted, unwanted structures,”
said Robert McCraight, director of
building and safety.
“At a public hearing, the owners
can plead their case, but we also
accept comments from neighbors
of the homes and businesses on the
list.”
The buildings are unoccupied
and abandoned.
Addresses up for discussion at
theNov. 14meeting include:
• 36234 Cypress, a single-family res-
idence and shed.
• 11245Delano, a single-family resi-
dencewithan attached garage.
• 30921 and 30925 Ecorse Road,
whichare commercial structures.
• 35845 Goddard Road, a single-
family residence with an attached
garage.
• 15110 Inkster Road, a single-fami-
ly residence and garage.
• 34040 Joan Court, a single-family
residence with an attached garage
and shed.
• 28527 Wick Road, a single-family
residence and two outbuildings.
• 7335 Hollywood, a residential
structure and garage.
• 6679 Merriman, an accessory
structure and garage.
• 28479 Wick Road, a residential
structure and shed.
“Cleaning up residential and
commercial areas is important to
this community,” said Romulus
Mayor Alan R. Lambert. “I applaud
the building department for its
work on the demolition of vacant,
unsafe and deteriorating struc-
tures.”
In an effort to make the city safer and look better,
we target blighted, unwanted structures.
”
Public hearing on demolitions is planned
Church collecting gift boxes
Art club exhibit continues
Historic calendars are now on sale
While many Northville families are busy
withholiday activities, a group of local volun-
teers is focused on filling empty shoe boxes
with school supplies, toys, hygiene items and
notes of encouragement for needy children
overseas. Northville families are participat-
ing in theworld's largest Christmas project of
its kind-Operation Christmas Child-an effort
that has hand-delivered 86 million gifts to
childrenworldwide since 1993.
This year-round project of Samaritan's
Purse is coming to its peak, as local business-
es, churches and schools prepare to collect
gift-filled shoe boxes during National
Collection Week, Nov. 14-21. Volunteers can
drop off their shoe box gifts at Ward Church,
40000 SixMileRoad inNorthville.
Operation Christmas Child, a project of
international Christian relief and evangel-
ism organization Samaritan's Purse, uses
whatever means necessary to reach suffer-
ing children around the world with these
gifts of hope, including sea containers,
trucks, trains, airplanes, boats, camels and
dog sleds, a spokesman said. Tracking tech-
nology also allows donors to “follow” their
box to the destination country where it will
be hand-delivered to a child in need. To reg-
ister shoe box gifts and find out the destina-
tion country, use the Follow Your Box dona-
tion
form
found
at
www.samaritanspurse.org/occ.
For more information on how to partici-
pate in Operation Christmas Child, call (937)
374-0761 or visit www.samaritanspurse.
org/occ.
National Collection Week for gift-filled
shoe boxes isNov. 14-21.
Eleven members of the Three Cities Art
Club will exhibit their work at the Plymouth
Community Arts Council through Nov. 29.
The multimedia show will feature watercol-
or, acrylic, oil, colored pencil and photogra-
phy. Some of the artists participating have
won awards for their work in area competi-
tions. Many of the pieceswill be for sale.
The Three Cities Art Club was founded in
1958 by artists from Plymouth, Northville
and Livonia. The club made Canton its
home in 2005.
Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Monday through Thursday. The Plymouth
Community Arts Council is located at 774 N.
Junction inPlymouth.
The 2012 edition of the Belleville Area
Historical Society Calendar is now on sale at
the Belleville Are Museum, 405 Main St. in
Belleville.
The calendars are $7, or $6 for members
of the historical society, and feature photos
of the one-room school houses of French
Landing, Rawsonville, and Denton, the
Belleville High School fire (1953), and Mrs.
Reimensnyder's second grade class (1952).
Calendars are also available at Antiques
on Main, Belleville City Hall, Belleville Area
Library, Van Buren Township Hall, and
Sumpter AceHardware.
Paramedic receives honor
Huron Valley Ambulance paramedic
Ben Senstrom was recently honored with
the Award of Excellence by the National
Tactical Officers Association.
Senstrom, who is also a full-time
MichiganStateTrooper, has beenworking
with Huron Valley Ambulance as a part-
time paramedic for about two years. A
Dearborn resident, his ambulance
response calls take him throughout the
Huron Valley Ambulance service area,
includingPlymouthandBelleville.
The award is presented each year to
three officers nationally who provide
enhancement and dedication to the
Tactical EmergencyMedical Services pro-
grams, a spokesman said.
“These teams provide preventive
urgent and emergent medical care to
police teams
during high-risk
and extended
duration law
enforcement
special opera-
tions, he contin-
ued. “They also
develop med-
ical threat
assessments,
render immedi-
ate medical
care in high risk
environments and provide logistical sup-
port during training and tactical opera-
tions. Their presence ensures the health
and safety of police officers,” he conclud-
ed.
Ben Senstrom