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NORTHVILLE - PLYMOUTH
NORTHVILLE - PLYMOUTH

Noon Rotary Club honors Officers of the Year

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Overcoming severe obstacles responders, not just the award he worked on a case and found
is nothing unusual for the five winners.” Today, we recognize all records dating back 50 years -
men honored by the members of Huron Valley Ambulance records that weren't readily
the Plymouth Noon Rotary Club Operations Manager Andy the first responders, available and were instrumental
last week. A decades-long tradi- Savage introduced Senior not just the award winners. in helping the prosecutor win a
tion, the club members honored Paramedic and Field Training conviction.” Miller is a Crisis
outstanding Public Service Officer Eric Farris as Paramedic Intervention Team (CIT) member
Officers from both the city and of the Year. Farris joined HVA as the dedication that this position scene and a patient was having who helps to secure mental
the township during a special an Emergency Medical requires.” Allstaedt is a field difficulty breathing due to a health services for individuals in
awards presentation during their Technician (EMT) in January of training officer (FTO) and has pneumothorax. Culver per- need of it.
virtual meeting. 2014. He progressed to become a attended HazMat and countless formed a needle compression to The Plymouth Township
Club members officially pre- senior medic within a year, other types of training. He was release air from the patient's Police Officer of the Year is Det.
sented the annual Public Safety which Savage said is unusual instrumental in providing a chest, enabling him to breathe Sgt. Bill Fetner, who has been
Officers of the Year awards Dec. and impressive. Savage recent fire academy in the city. better. with the department since 1995.
4 and honored the Police Officer described an incident in which The cities of Northville and “He performed it at night, on He was promoted to sergeant in
of the Year and Firefighter of the Farris and his partner were Plymouth are served by a com- the side of railroad tracks with a 2014 and became a detective in
Year for each municipality along assisting a diabetic patient. bined fire department. combative patient,” said Phillips. 2015. “Sergeant Fetner is receiv-
with the Paramedic of the Year During the call, his partner suf- The Plymouth Township Detective Jay Miller is the ing this honor for his overall
for Huron Valley Ambulance fered a severe asthma attack, Firefighter of the Year is Ian Plymouth Police Officer of the leadership and dedication to the
“Today, we recognize the best leaving Farris to treat both Culver. Culver has been with the Year. Miller has been a member department, and for training
of the best in our community,” patients in the situation. department for seven years. Fire of the department since 2013. In three new detectives,” said
said Plymouth Rotary President Dave Allstaedt is the City of Chief Dan Phillips said Culver is 2019, he received the highest Lieutenant Jon Brothers.
John Buzuvis. “We are so fortu- Plymouth Firefighter of the Year. a dedicated professional who score among those testing for a The Public Safety Awards
nate that our first responders Northville Fire Chief Steve Ott excels at learning all the equip- detective position. Program is one of several annual
work together without regard to said, “Dave is the kind of person ment and then teaching new fire- “Jay represents the depart- special programs of the Rotary
what the patch on their arm says. who has good ideas and follows fighters. Phillips told on an inci- ment very well,” said Director of Club of Plymouth. Members meet
Today, we recognize all the first through on them. He exemplifies dent in which Culver was on the Public Safety Al Cox. “Recently, weekly at noon Fridays.
Fee for documents

could be $222,000

If Tom Parrelley wants his ed “what science and what facts
recent request for documents were used and are continuing to
from the Plymouth-Canton be used” regarding the decision.
Community Schools district sat- The response letter from the
isfied, he needs to come up with school district also advised him
nearly a quarter of a million dol- that half the fee would half to be
lars. paid before any work could com-
Parrelley, of Plymouth, filed a mence on his request.
Freedom of Information Act Parrelley recently told media
(FOIA) request with the district sources that fee was beyond his
asking for a wide range of docu- budget.
ments on which school board “I don't have a quarter of a
members based their decision to million dollars. I checked the lot-
close school buildings and offer tery numbers and I have not
full online education to students. come through on them yet,
The decision, according to which is my next best deal,” he
school officials, was in response was quoted as saying.
to the recent advice from the In a prepared statement, the
Michigan Department of Health school district said that every
and followed the safety proce- Freedom of Information request Walk
dures necessary to protect stu- received is taken seriously. “In
dents and staff members in light this particular matter, the of Trees
of the current COVID-19 pan- request captured an extremely Denice and Eunice Austin
demic. broad range of potential key- add an ornament to the
At the time of the decision, word searches and covered an Compassionate Friends
Superintendent of Schools unbounded timeframe. These memory tree in Kellogg
Monica Merritt said that no mat- features combined to indicate Park as part of the Walk of
ter what the board members that the district would likely be Trees which annually fills
opted to do, “someone was going required to review and redact the park with Christmas
to be unhappy.” literally thousands upon thou- trees decorated in memo-
Parrelley expressed his con- sands of potentially responsive ry of departed loved ones.
cern with the FOIA request last documents.” The trees attract hundreds
of visitors to the park
month. In response, he received Parrelley said he is consider- every year and are deco-
a letter with an estimated cost of ing submitting a revised FOIA rated for the holidays in
$222,458.50 for researching, pro- request asking for more specific remembrance of family
ducing and copying the docu- documents or the option of tak- members and friends.
ments as requested. ing legal action regarding his Photos by Sean Rhaesa
Parrelley reportedly request- original request.
Northville Salem Hills Golf Course will reopen in spring

Salem Hills Golf Club will be purchase agreement for the has been a popular course for pending deal fall through, the site. A condition the Godwins'
open next year. business had been reached area golfers under the owner- course would open under the imposed on the sale at the time
While the ownership may recently and that the potential ship of Frank and Veronica current ownership next spring of the announcement was the
change, the 6,992-yard, par-72 buyers are performing due dili- Godwin. The couple also owned and all commitments to leagues continuance of the golf course at
course will remain open to gence. She said that the buyers what is now Walnut Creek would be satisfied. An the site.
golfers no matter what the sta- had agreed that the land 57- Country club in South Lyon announcement last fall that the The couple said they planned
tus of the pending sale of the year-old site would remain a from 1969 until 1088 and Marion course might close due to the to close the facility at the end of
facility. golf course, a condition of the Oaks Golf club in Howell from aging infrastructure prompted October, but have changed their
Co-owner of the course, sales agreement. Salem Hills 1990 until 2003. several offers from potential plans in light of the pending sale
Veronica Godwin, said that a originally opened in 1963 and Godwin said that should the buyers for the Six Mile Road agreement.