Village Seeks High Court Ruling on Ford House
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Grosse Pointe News VOL. 45-No, 21 Grosse POinte, Michigan Thursday, May 24, 1984 30 cents 40 Pages : Village seeks high court ruling on Ford House By ~like ,\ndul'){, l) k The Village of Gro~se POinte Shores and Sooth take !:>choob Will ask the state Supreme r:ourt to review lar,t week'!. appeals Lourt deciSion that granted the Ed!>f'1 & 7bm, jt~ for you Eleanor I"ord Hou:.e lax exempt Two of the most Important re- status for 198Qand 1981 quirements for becomIng a re- The two bodies may be lorLed to porter are the abilities to ask repay the lIOn's !>hare of the questions and to listen to people $204,000 plu!'J mterC!'>t that the es- Some people ana certaIn .swfles tate paid In property taxes In those are fun to talk to and easy to years write about The appellate court rulilng could Others are tougher It's more also settle the estate s appeals for ditf\cultlhan you thmk to corner 1982 and 1983 before thf> ~tlchlgan people verbally and hit them Tax Tnbunal Those caSt'S Imol ...- willi tough que.shons WIthout 109 several hundred thousand dol backing down or queshomng lars, were held In abejance pen your chOice of profeSSIOn dmg the outcome of the appeals Ironically, reporters often get court case questioned In return Mostly It'S Village Attorney William over the phone by people who Ktlltbrew said he ....as unsure are drunk, lonely or slightly out whether the state's hIgh court of their skulls would cons ICier he&rmg the case Sure, we get legitimate ques- Trustees asked Kllltbrew to tioners too Callers who don't prepare the necessary applicatIon know who their congressman IS, for the appeal at their regular or want the date of the next elec- Tuesday mormng meetmg, ~lay 22 tion, please Some callers are Ford House director Paul Alandt stranger. A lady called me and said he wa!t "very pleased" With asked what the gestation period the court's decISion. and called the of a mouse was. ~ who am I, ruling a vmdlcation of hIS efforts to Marlin Perkins? I told her it was open the home to the pubhc through 13 days. I think I was in the ball tours and other events park. St. Clair buys Austin EI.anor Clay Ford, ,, who, with husband Ed. The decision will "m no way" af- Someone else wanted to get in -' .. I, comml .. lonec:l the fect the operation of the estate as a touch with a magician Not a building of the Cot .. cultural organizational, Alandt specific magician, mind you. for senior center wold.styl. mansron said "Hopefully, it ....ill continue Any magician would do. As luck (above). In bequ.athlng the way It has been," he added would have it, I knew a magi- By Harriet Nolan alcohol treatment center and other h.r home to the public, cian and had him give her a call St Clair Health Corporation's home care and outreach agencies Mrs, Ford wrot.: "Wher. No formula was set forth by the plans to purchase and develop the could and should prOVIde this kind once th.r. were many .x. appellate court for repayment of Drunks are easy to handle. former Wayne County Commumty of care for our senior citizens," he traordlnary ,.,\d.nce., the taxes and, because of the at- You just agree With them, listen added tempt to appeal, home administra- for a while, (If you're not on College site at Warren near Mack mine's the I•• t to r.maln, The 12-acre parcel of land for the change in our tors are movmg slowly In decidlllg deadline), then disengage your- Avenue hmge on state approval to whIch onglnally housed Austm manner of living, and In what to do With the refund, Alandt self gmgerly, hke climbmg develop a 200 bed nursing home Catholic High School Will also be our tuel, and In our attl. said, addmg there are proJeCts on through a barbed wire fence there The Michigan Department of Public Health must give approval used to develop a senior cItizens tudes have relulted In the the draWing board under COnsider- Lonely people are much more whenever a health care facihty residence and hospice center demolition of all the ation. wants to create additional bed The selling pnce of the land and others." After her death difficult, at least for me You One matter that Will come up In can tell from their conversation space bUlldmgs was set at $1 8 ml1lion and In 1976, the home was to further development of a 2oo-bed board meetings Will be the pas- just how desperate they are. St Clair applIed for the custo- be "Uled for the beneftt nursing home would cost another $5 Slblhty of makmg a voluntary con- ( You have to be desperate to call mary Certificate of Need (CON) of the public," tribution to the vIllage, Alandt a strange name seen over a several months ago along With other million The state I!>expected to give a decIsion on the appeal Within 90 said Tax-exempt orgamzations story or to hear a stranger's mstltutlons that wanted to expand &ometuneI make suc:h cootrlbu .:''"'. voice in a busy newsroom. their operations. 11M! corporation days . learned two weeks ""0 tbat a .. k....... ~-: 'Y;;~l,. Ir!5W1Uy, they talk about a hospitat in another suburb got the ~IIIIJIlI1". ... -;'::r::•• story in general, but soon bits of nod Instead, saId L. Michael Smith, While Ford officials are pleased their life appear and gather on vIce-president of corporate develop- With the dec&SJOO. the four p.u11eS your desk, forming themselves ment for St John Hospital. Park PSO debate 'lieats up who will have to repay the taxes - into a gray puzzle for which so He said the decision was based on B)' Harriet Nolan the metabolism as the men are constantly having to the Shores, Lake TownshiP, South many pieces are mlssmg demographic Information more Lake schools and Macomb twmy It appears that Grosse POinte park police are more readJust to a different schedule Such a change would than 10 yeards old An appeal has - are obviously not pleased I always listen and find myself receptive to havmg a public safety program than fire- be a moral boost been filed With the state usmg more noddmg at what they're saymg, fighters At least that's what they told the Citizens offiCIals recent populatlon figures and Smith He also said that a 24-hour shift would mcrease cov- South Lake school as If they're SItting m a chair be- commiSSIOn studying the issue at its May 16 meetmg held a special meeting ~onday. said the hospital ISconfident the new erage from four or five, to six men on any given shift fore me. Bartenders and report. Park firemen said they couldn'.t begm to make any May 21, to begm theIr appeal ac- mformal1on will result In approval ers have more m common than kind of deCISion until they saw a defmite plan At the p.-esent time ftremen are mandated by cordmg to aSSIstant superintendent alcohol "There is a growing need for nursing home beds and semar state and federal laws to work 24-hour shifts A normal Jerry Parker The dlstnct could A public safety department would combine police lose as much as $300,000 If the ap- I try to disengage myself as citizen housmg on the east Side of and firefighter forces mto a smgle umt Policemen routme would be 24-hours on the Job, followed by gently as poSSible. I listen, 1m- DetrOIt," said Andrew Dahl. ex- 24-hours off After three consecutive on and off days, pellate court rultng IS extended to would assume flreflghtlng duties and vICe versa 1982 and 1983, he added gel', then leave When they ask if ecutIVe vICe-president for St Clair the men are given four days off "We're not opposed to the concept, bul we want they can call agam, I usually say Health CorporatIOn Besides havlDI to repay the some questIOns answered," said police Sgt DaVid "I'm not saymg that any of us are advocating PSO, yes. They rarely do They real- "As part of our total health care but we're here to assl.st the committee and With proper and 1981 taxes With Interest, I.the HIller ize other people have lives and miSSIOn It'S only natural that the St trammg It WIll \\ork," said patrolman Steve Molitor, dlstnct ."..ouJd also have to repay work of their own They always Clair Health CorporatIOn, with Its He listed as top pnonttes questions concerning man- who represents the police union "ThIs needs every- the C<lW1ty for the 1982 and 1983 end by apologlzmg for taking up hospital ambulatory care faclIttles, power, wages, work hours and remuneration police one's cooperation" property taxes for tbe estat~ the so much of my time would get for cross-training dtstnct collecled from the Macomb But Joe Blalk, Park firefIghter and union repre- County dehnquent tax fund As for the average "space Currently, said HIller, police work eIght hour shIfts sentative, accused police of wantmg public safety "on- case," most reporters usually Dedications and every two weeks rotate to days, midnights and ly for selfl!>h motives What about community respon- The continued tax exemptIOn for enJoy gettmg the "Twlhght afternoon schedules Normally they work SIXdays and Slblhty? ThiS I!>n't integratIOn, but elimination, the Ford House Will cost the ~hool ZOne" calls It may sound slight- hclve two off Every flfth week they have four days off everyone become" a pollee officer" dIstnct $75,000 a year, Parkt?r ~Id ly cruel, but we love to exchange highlight them, like Mannes swapping What they ....ould prefer to worlo..IS a 24-hour shift like Bailk has !3aid In the past that the only good reason The Shores and Lake To....nshlp war stones firemen do HIller "clld the s....Illg ~hlfll" dl<;ruptlve to ({ 'ontinued on Page ",.\) wll! also be hurt, \'lilage offlcl&ls said The Shores "III lose about 2 Sports editor Peggy O'Con- holiday percent of Its tolal ta'( base, but the nor can tell you of the \I"oman township WIll lose a third of Its tax who called and told of her amaz- Memol'lal Day weekend prom- base, otflclals said ing power to renew old luggage Ises to be bUSier than usual thiS just by lookmg at It IWhIch re- year m Grosse POlnle The VIllage and Iht' to\l,~hlP "III minds me of an old Joke about have to repa) a Ittlle mort' than wallets turmng IOta 'iUlt ca~es.