Tickets are now on sale for the 29th
Annual Wayne Goodfellows Fundraiser
planned for 6 p.m. untilmidnight Dec. 12.
The event will feature raffles, auctions
and a "button" prize. Donated items
include some sports memorabilia along
with several other items, organizers said.
The event will take place at Hype
Athletics, the former Wayne Community
Center, 4635 Howe St. in Wayne. The $25
admission fee includes a 7 p.m. dinner
buffet prepared by Chef Tony, entry into a
drawing for a door prize and a cashbar.
Pre-sale only, a table of 10 can be pur-
chased for the price of only nine admis-
sions, or $225, a $25 savings.
Music will be provided by DJ Dock and
photos will be taken by The Best of
Detroit.
Tickets are now on sale at Henry's
Service Center on Wayne Road, (734) 722-
1111 or email
.
The Wayne Goodfellows is a registered
501 c (3) organization.
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Inkster voters choose Nolen as new mayor
Activist defeats write-ins, Rowe is Wayne mayor
LaBlanc wins clerk’s office, Reeves loses seat
Goodfellows plan annual fundraising event in Wayne
Byron Nolen, the local attor-
ney best known for taking on the
city in a legal battle over water
rates, has been overwhelmingly
chosen as the new mayor of
Inkster.
Voters chose Nolen to serve
the four-year mayoral term with
87 percent of the votes cast, or 87
percent of the total. Challenger
Walter L. Starghill, Jr. received
273 votes, or 13 percent of the
total. ClarenceOden, Jr. will serve
a four-year term as the city coun-
cil representative from, District 2.
Oden garnered 1,064 votes, or 58
percent of the total while his
opponent, Calvin L. Hayes
received 766 votes or 42 percent
of the total cast.
In District 3, Sandra K. Watley
defeated Lorenzo A. Moner, Jr. for
the city council term. Moner
received 32 percent of the vote, or
604 votes while Watley received
1,285 votes or a total of 64 percent.
In District 4, Jewell Jones
received 1,158 votes or 64 percent
while challenger William S.
Miller garnered 36 percent or 647
votes. In District 5, Kim Howard
defeated Winston Wade for the
city council seat. Howard had 69
percent or 1,277 votes whileWade
had 31 percent or 572 votes.
In District 6, former City
Councilwoman and school board
trustee Dee Richardson defeated
Dennard Shaw for the seat. She
received 1,060 or 57 percent of the
votes cast while Shaw garnered
804 or 43 percent.
Five of the six four-year terms
on the Inkster Library Board will
be served by Akindele Akinyemi
who received 867 votes, Dosye A.
Thompson who received 1,049
votes, DeAndra Crystal-Rikay
Watley who received 1,111 votes,
Emmereal Shawn Wells who
received 914 votes and Michael
Wells who won 1,086 votes. The
sixth seat went to a write-in can-
didate who has not been identi-
fied by the office of the Wayne
CountyClerk.
A proposal for a 2-mill parks
and recreation tax for 10 years
was overwhelmingly defeated by
voters. No votes on the question
totaled 1,479 or 71 percent of the
votes while only 29 percent of
those who voted cast yes votes for
a total of only 600 votes to
approve the millage. The tax
would have generated about
$400,000 annually to fund parks
and recreation activities and
services in the city.
Voters did not approve a 1-mill
request for senior services in
Inkster, either. The millage,
requested for 10 years would
have raised $200,000 annually,
received on 572 votes or 28 per-
cent of votes cast, while no voters
cast 72 percent of the votes for a
total of 1,504.
Voters did approve the non-
Homestead school millage which
does not affect residential proper-
ty in the city. The levy of 20.5mills
was approved for 20 years and
will be used to pay off debts of the
now disbanded Inkster School
District. There were 606 yes votes
as opposed the 329 no votes on
the millage. Revenue, estimated
at about $750,000 the first year,
will be used to pay off a $12.5 mil-
lion loan the school district
received from the state shortly
before it was disbanded in 2013.
The loan should be paid off in
2043, according to state officials.
Without approval of the mill-
age, the loan could have gone into
default and the state might have
attempted to collect by levying
against homeowners, county
school officials said.
Students in Inkster now attend
neighboring districts as re-
assignedby the state.
The City of Wayne has the first
woman mayor chosen by voters
last week.
Susan Rowe, who has been
serving as a member of the city
council, will serve a two-year
term as mayor. She won 55 per-
cent or 960 votes in the election
while challenger Bob Boertje
received 796 votes or 45 percent
of the ballots cast.
A write in candidate, Lenard
Fisher, received 38 votes.
Incumbent Lorne "Skip" Monit
was defeated in his bid for re-
election and will be replaced in
the four-year termby TomPorter.
Monit received 34 percent or 554
votes while Porter garnered 1,097
or 66 percent of the votes cast.
The council member at-large
will be Anthony Miller, who
received 1,149 votes or 76 per-
cent of the total as opposed to
Lucietta A. Miles who received
24 percent or 360 votes.
InWard 1 of the city, long-time
community activist Christopher
Sanders was elected with a total
of 793 votes defeating both write-
in candidates Alfred Brock and
Allen J. Shuh. Brock received at
total of 199 votes and Shuh
received 544write-in votes on the
ballot.
Councilman John Rhaesa was
unopposed in Ward 2 and
received a total of 1,192 votes
while there were 17 write-in
votes opposing him.
Westland voters opted to
return three incumbent city coun-
cil members to new terms last
week while also choosing one
new face to join them.
Only 12 percent of the regis-
tered voters in Westland, or 7,249
residents, cast ballots last
Tuesday, Nov. 3 in the election.
They chose to return City
Council President James
Godbout, Councilman Bill
Johnson and Councilman Adam
Hammons to office for four-year
terms and elected challenger
Peter Herzberg to a two-year
council seat.
Incumbent Dewey Reeves was
the fifth-place finisher, just
behindHerzberg, with 3,333 votes.
Charles Pickering received 2,976
votes, Judy McKinney 2,372 votes
andWilliamCampbell 2,339 votes.
The new terms of office will
begin Jan. 1, 2016.
Voters overwhelmingly chose
former councilman, state legisla-
tor and Wayne County
Commissioner Richard LeBlanc
to replace City Clerk Eileen
DeHart Schoof, who announced
her retirement earlier this year.
LeBlanc received 77.5 percent of
all votes cast for the office, defeat-
ing challenger JodyRice-White.
Community Development Block Grant
allocation forNorwayne parks.
Improvements to the park include: a
mini soccer field, handicap accessible
swing set, on-site parking with split rail
fencing, a half-court basketball area and a
refreshedpicnic pavilion.
“Thanks to the generosity of the Cayley
family, we were able to make these much
needed improvements to the park,” com-
mented Wild. “Without their help, these
renovations would not have been possi-
ble.”
Park
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