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THE BELLEVILLE Canton joins Click It or Ticket campaign
ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE

Vol. 135, No. 50 Canton Township Police Michigan law requires all
Rotary Club of Belleville Chief Chad Baugh wants to save ” drivers and front seat passen-
members have been busy lives this holiday season. In 2019, 9,466 unbuckled gers to be buckled up. It also
with local projects through- That effort includes a caution motorists died in crashes requires passengers age 8-15 to
out the community as the to motorists, warning them they be buckled in any seating posi-
holidays approach. better buckle up in Canton in the United States. tion.
See page 6. where enforcement of the Children must be in a car
Michigan seat belt law is being seat or booster seat until they
strictly enforced. ment zone” signs alert motorists said. are 8 years old or 4-feet, 9-inches
THE CANTON According to Baugh, the they are entering an enforce- “In 2019, 9,466 unbuckled tall, whichever comes first. In
EAGLE Canton department has again ment area. One officer will serve motorists died in crashes in the addition, children younger than
EAGLE
as a spotter, radioing unbelted
joined forces with law enforce-
age 4 must ride in the back seat
United States. We have learned
Vol. 73, No. 50 ment agencies across Michigan motorist information to other from the Michigan Office of if the vehicle has a back seat,
in enforcing the national Click It officers who will pull over the Safety Planning buckling our unless all rear seating positions
Canton Township resi- or Ticket campaign. offending motorists, Baugh belts can reduce the risk of are filled with children younger
dents joined an international Safety belt enforcement explained. injury or death by 45 percent. than age 4.
demonstration protesting zones are conducted on Canton “We continue to participate Please wear your safety belts; it Federal traffic safety funds
new laws imposed by the roadways where crash problems in the state and national cam- only takes a few seconds and support the Click It or Ticket
Indian government restrict- are prevalent or belt use is low. paign to encourage the motoring helps keep you and your family enforcement efforts by local
ing the rights of farmers. Portable “safety belt enforce- public to wear seat belts,” Baugh safe,” Baugh added. police agencies.
See page 2.

THE INKSTER
LEDGER STAR
LEDGER STAR
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Police are continuing the
investigation into a shooting
incident at an Inkster motel
last Saturday that left two
people wounded.
See page 2.

THE NORTHVILLE
EAGLE
EAGLE
Vol. 20, No. 50
Salem Hills Golf Club will
be open next spring no mat-
ter the status of the pending
sale of the 6,992-yard, par-72
course.
See page 5.

THE PLYMOUTH
EAGLE
EAGLE First Step, stepping up
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Overcoming severe obsta- Pandemic, holiday stress can lead to increase in domestic abuse
cles is nothing unusual for
the five men honored by the Julie Brown lence and sexual assaults, and "Already our numbers are know we're here to help peo-
members of the Plymouth Special Writer operates an in-person shelter. pretty high." ple work through issues.
Noon Rotary Club last week. That's remained open in the "For children, it's a very Please call the police depart-
See page 5. The COVID-19 pandemic pandemic with additional scary time right now," she said, ment" if there's a crime or a
and holiday season can make health/safety protocols, and in part without the "safe heated argument.
for troublesome times as the the phone help line of (734) adults" at schools not assessing "That's what we're here to
stress of both impacts families 722-6800 is staffed around the children who are abuse vic- do," Shulman, a 13-year
THE ROMULUS throughout the area. clock. tims. She's seen some abusers Canton police veteran, said of
ROMAN "Just because there's a pan- "It also leads to lack of use the threat of exposure to resolving problems by assess-
ROMAN
Vol. 135, No. 50 demic doesn't mean domestic resources or time to contact an COVID-19 for power and as a ing situations.
violence isn't happening," said agency like ours," she said of means of manipulating. Buchanan-Cronk, on the
The Romulus Library is Audriana Buchanan-Cronk, the pandemic. Sgt. Adam Shulman of the staff at First Step for about
now offering contact-free community engagement and She doesn't have specific Canton Police Department four years, explained that the
services including computer volunteer program coordina- COVID-19 data but has seen notes, "We have a very good current situation impacts ways
use by appointment and tor for First Step. "Home isn't frequency of abuse now on the working relationship with to implement cooling off
quick business tasks like fax- always a safe place for every- rise, along with use of First Step." The agency for- strategies when conflicts occur
ing and copying. one." weapons. First Step assists merly operated an office at the in families.
See page 4. First Step was founded in some 8,000 people a year with Canton police station, he
1978 to address domestic vio- Buchanan-Cronk noting, added, emphasizing "Just See Abuse, page 2

THE WAYNE Westland OKs new 10-year trash hauling contract
EAGLE There is a big change coming Paul would still be able to man-
EAGLE
”
Vol. 73, No. 50 to Westland beginning Jan. 1, but When you have a age the Westland account,” Wild
Members of the Wayne City officials are confident residents said. “So, at the end of the day,
Council agreed last week to an won't notice. 52-year relationship, there's Paul will be part of Priority and
will still be managing the
A new refuse contract was
extension of outdoor dining approved by members of the city a loyalty to that community. Westland account. That made
permits for local restaurants council during their regular everybody comfortable with the
through March 3. meeting last week, replacing the Midwest Sanitation which has waste hauling account. arrangement.”
See page 6.
vendor that has served the city served the city since 1968 under “When you have a 52-year Wild said that residents
for more than 50 years. The new various corporate names. relationship, there's a loyalty to should not experience any
10-year contract was awarded to Midwest had another four years that community,” he said. “The change in service or trash pick-
THE WESTLAND the lowest bidder, Priority Waste on a current contract with city has supported the up schedules.
EAGLE based in Clinton Township at a Westland, but will voluntarily Ruthenberg family for many, “People will still use the
EAGLE

Vol. 73, No. 50 cost of $38,449,174. Priority allow that to lapse to allow for many years. So, the loyalty same garbage cans that they
vendor.
new
Paul
have, the garbage will still go to
aspect of it is very strong with
Waste will purchase the city-
the
It is a real “sign of the owned garbage trucks at a price Ruthenberg, president of my family. What ultimately hap- the landfill in Van Buren
times” in Westland with the of $1.6 million, the highest bid Midwestern Sanitation, said the pened is what's in the best inter- Township, recycling will still get
recent installation of 10 addi- on the vehicles. That price will company thought it best to bow est for the City of Westland and picked up on the same days and
tional speed radar signs pay off the existing debt on the out gracefully of the contract to its residents.” routes still aren't going to
throughout the city. trucks, according to city officials. benefit the city. Ruthenberg will “It looks like there's going to change. People shouldn't see
See page 3. Priority Waste will replace continue to manage the city be a working relationship where any difference.”
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