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Canton officer graduates
Last month, Canton Police Sgt. Robert
Smedley successfully completed the Eastern
Michigan University's Police Staff and
Command Class 27, consisting of 44 com-
mand officers from police departments
around the state.
Smedley has been with the department
for 20 years, and is currently assigned to the
Patrol Division as a shift supervisor.
EMU's Police Staff and Command School
sessions are offered 40-hours per week, once
amonth, for 10 months. This extensive train-
ing program is focused on the management,
planning, analysis and administration of
police departments
and personnel. The
school is a combina-
tion of both lectures
and hands-on activi-
ties, with much of
the training focused
around group deci-
sion-making.
Police Staff and Command School is
mandatory for all Canton command officers,
and is a component of the ongoing training
Canton police officers participate in on a
regular basis.
Northville Township Police arrested a
man suspected in the armed robbery of the
CVS store on Haggerty Road last Saturday
and confiscated both the stolen property and
thehandgunused in the incident.
George David Vanderburgh, 22, of
Southfield, was apprehended by officers
after he attempted to flee from the store,
located at 16855 Haggerty Road at about 10
p.m. Saturday. Township police were called
while the robbery was in progress and
immediately responded to the scene. When
officers arrived, they observed the suspect
fleeing the store in a blackFordMustang.
Witnesses told officers that the robber
was armed with a handgun and took both
cash and checks from the business before
leaving.
According to official police reports, the
suspect attempted to elude the officers who
were able to block his vehicle in and appre-
hend the man. The stolen property and the
handgunwere recovered fromthe suspect.
Vanderburgh was arraigned before Judge
Michael Plakas at the 35th District Court on
Monday. He is charged with armed robbery,
a felony which carries a sentence of up to
life imprisonment; fleeing from police, a
five-year felony; carrying a concealed
weapon, a five-year felony and felony
firearms, which carries a
2-year prison sentence.
Plakas set bond for
Vanderburgh at $500,000
or 10 percent and sched-
uled a preliminary court
examination on the
charges forDec. 16.
In an unrelated inci-
dent, a 25-year-old man
from West Bloomfield
was killed by a hit -and-
run
driver
early
Saturdaymorning inDowntownNorthville.
According to police reports, the victim
was walking with a group of friends on
Griswold Street at about 1 a.m. Saturday
when he was struck from behind by a dark-
coloredSUV.
Witnesses told police they chased the
vehicle as it sped from the scene and said
the driver turned right onto Main Street and
then ontoHutton, heading north.
Police said the vehicle probably has front
passenger side damage, specifically to the
mirror.
The victim was transported to Botsford
Hospital anddied later Saturday, police said.
Police are asking anyone with informa-
tion to call (248) 349-1234.
Belleville School wins award
Annual Kiwanis Club Gourmet Nut Sale is now under way
Haggerty Elementary School in
Belleville recently received National
School of Distinction status from the
Schools Fight Hunger program. Fewer
than 2,000 schools nationwide earned this
level of distinction in the 2010-2011 school
year.
The National School of Distinction sta-
tus is awarded to schools that demonstrate
notable enthusiasm, creativity or dedica-
tion in getting involved with the hunger
cause. Whether it's activating students
around a school-wide food drive, organiz-
ing volunteers for a local pantry or food
bank or cultivating a school garden to pro-
vide fresh produce for the cause, schools
all across the country have been playing a
larger and larger role in helping to fight
hunger nationwide, noted Schools Fight
Hunter founder TimSullivan..
“The students, staff and families of our
School of Distinction schools should be
very proud of their efforts and the impact
they're making on the hunger cause,”
Sullivan said. “Of course, the short-term
results are impressive, but we also love to
see how our next generation of leaders are
getting active in their communities at such
a young age. In a day when so much news
about our kids and our schools seems so
negative, these schools and these students
arewell worth celebrating.”
Complete details about the Haggerty
Elementary 2010-2011 efforts, as well as
details about all 2011 honorees can be
found on the “Schools Fighting” profile
pages at www.schoolsfighthunger.org
<http://www.schoolsfighthunger.org> .
The Kiwanis Club of Colonial
Plymouth is now sponsoring the
Annual GourmetNut Fundraiser.
The event currently helps
thosewho are unable to feed their
families or have medical needs
they cannot afford and senior citi-
zens inneed of ahelping hand.
Kiwanis Club of Colonial
Plymouth supports the agencies
and organizations that provide
assistance to many in need as
well as helping many families
directly. The gourmet nut sale is
one of the fundraisers that allows
the club to help, a spokesman
noted.
Nuts can be purchased by the
can, case and pallet. They are
great gifts for family, employees
and clients said Pam Kosteva,
Kiwanis ClubNut Fundraising co-
chair. “Please consider the
Kiwanis Gourmet Nuts as your
gift of choice this year and assist
in allowing Kiwanis Club of
Colonial Plymouth to continue
serving those in need in our com-
munity and around theworld.”
The gourmet nuts can be pur-
chased at Fitness Things, 1160 W.
Ann Arbor Road in Plymouth, or
by calling (734) 455-8790. Many
other Plymouth businesses will
also have the Kiwanis Gourmet
Nuts available for purchase at
their locations. Kosteva said.
“The 100 members of the
Kiwanis Club of Colonial
Plymouth, founded in 1967, take
great pride in assisting our com-
munity in a number of programs,
explained Scott Kappler, presi-
dent of the Kiwanis Club of
Colonial Plymouth.
Armed robbery suspect is
captured by Northville police:
hit-and-run driver sought
Robert Smedley
George David
Vanderburgh