August 31, 1992

I • • • • .... Ill A- > V fib VOLUME 28 NUMBER 2'i MONDAY, AUGUST 31,1992 • WE^T^ND, MICHIOAN «40 PAGES '/ Firry.Ctwrs 4 1¥ft Su6j<*4n Cc*M>yvM;<y*> tvi&rts- IN THE PAPER Teachers to return to schools :r Teachers agreed Monday to return to work white ne 3 percent in the first year and 6 pcrient to publicly identify, are a stumbling gotiations continue with the help of a state mediator. in the second year. block to a salary' settlement, not Super TODAY The-boardand the teachers union are intendent Larry' Thomas or Bill Taylor, The union's latest bid is for an 8 percent raise in a •in the last year of a three-year agree head of the board's negotiatihg team. one-year contract; the school board is offering 3 and 5 ment that provides a wage reopener for . The board is directly involved in ne percent raises over two years. the current school yesr. gotiations for the first time in the 18 Another year: St. Matthew Lu years Reece ha3 been involved in collec BY LEONARD POGEB to work today as scheduled. The first Bill Reece, WWEA president, told tive bargaining, he said. theran School opened a new school EDITOR day for students will be Tuesday. the union membership in Monday's "That is the worst scenario |>ossii>le." year last week, beating the public The association and the board of edu meeting in Wayne Memorial High WayneWestland school district he told the membership. teachers agreed this morning to return cation have contacted a mediator from School's Stockmeyer Auditorium that school districts by at least a Reece was critical of that situation, in to work whije negotiations continue on the Michigan Employment Relations the district has a $6.8million fund week. /3A which the board's bargaining team a new salary schedule. Commission to help in the negotiations. equity — unallocated money — and can "can't change one comma, one word. The WayneWestland Education As The two teams of negotiators ended afford more than its latest proposal. sociation accepted the recommendation talks Friday after the board's team pro Reece also claimed that two board of parents Irked: Stottlemyer School of its officers that the members report posed a two-year contract with raises of education members, whom he declined Sec TEACHERS, 4 A parents are pleased they are being kept up to date about an environ mental scare but are upset that they weren't told about the prob Suit is lem when it surfaced in early 'spring, W90./2A slapped Second look: Livonia school board members are reviewing a new program that provides coun in swap selors for at-risk students in ele mentary schools. /3 A SCHOOLS BY MARIK CH'KSTNKY STREET SCENE STA» y WRITKR A 1984 land swap between the city.of Westland and Livonia school district Moved to top: With its unbridled »-has turned out-to be-a-bum <!<?al for-the- pop music filled with expressive district, according.to a-lawsuit filed, by the district against Westland in Wayne hooks and melodies, Charm Farm Circuit Court. has moved to the head of the pack The lawsuit spells out how lx>th par of the burgeoning dance scene ties willingly and innocently agreed t<> ready to sweep this area with swap land of about equal value, onl> u> raves at places like Industry in discover eight years later that one of the STAVT J'JIOTOS HY ART HMAM;ELE parcels contains toxic materials that Pontiuc./7A makes it unfit for development. Getting ieitiy: John Glenn High School pupils lined up last week to register for the new Because both the district and West school year, which is scheduled to start Monday for teachers and Tuesday for students. land made a "mutual mistake.'" the TRAVEL lawsuit asks that the swap l>e rescind ed, with each party getting back its orig inal pica? of larid. Down in Africa: Abidjan, Cote "In order to prevent-injustice and de DTvoire, set astride a lagoon and Schools ready fendant's unjust enrichment, it is ru-v home to about 2 million people, is essary to rescind the exchange agree ment and return the parcelf to their for among the continent's most popu mer owners," the lawsuit states. lar destinations./11A In the swap, the school district gut' for opening bell vacant land on Ann Arlx»r Trail at Hul>- •b'ard,- oppsite Nankin Mills Elementary in Westland. TASTE ayne-Westland school dis other related information for parents Earlier this month, city officials said trict students will trade in and students. ' . it will-not return the land it received W sports equipment and One major change for this year is and later developed as Corrado Park. Green tomatoes: Pick tomatoes summer jobs for books this week as Larry' Thomas taking over as new su Westland got the former. Monroe while they're still green and make they prepare for the of the school year. perintendent July 1. Another Is a school site, demolished the school dm! some folk delicacies like fried Although negotiators for the board changeover of the food services opera developed the park south of Joy and green tomatoes and green tomato of education and the Wayne-Westland tion, now being held by a'division of east of M<?rriman in Westland The Education Association were still the Marriott Corp. school has since been demolished. chutney or pickles./IB working toward a wage opener settle While negotiations continue, teach Say 'Cheese': Rence Morrow- In 1984, both parcels were valued be ment Friday afternoon, the adminis ers are scheduled to be on the job had her high schogtjdent ifi- tween $90.000- $ 100,000. tration continued with its plans-for Monday morning. For students, there cation photo txiktf)i last After it got the Ann Arbor Trail -ite, El Tesoro: Dis the opening.of school. will be half-day sessions Tuesday af- school district attorneys Jon Bathelder week by Scptt*Galbraith at — cover EtTesdfo The administration has mailed to ~teTmSolTa'riinVed n csday morning. Th e~ 7d}uTGle7iri~HigTr$cHoQT~~~ and Eugene "Sin dry said the- district had' e Don Felipe all residents its' back-to-school first full day of school will be Thurs- every intention of-selling the land for Tequila, pro newsletter listing bus schedules and day. duced in a fami ScTSurT, 2,v ly-owned distil lery in Mexico's Los Altos Mountains./IB Man, dog shot in attempted robber^ BY DARREN. Ci KM A 19-year-old lnkster man was hit in One intruder hit the lnkster man in 18 to 21 years old, 5-foot-II and about STAJP WRITER the forehead with a gun and also was the head with a handgun, and another 180 pounds. He was muscular, wore a SPORTS A Westland man and a dog were shot treated and released at the hospital, po intruder shot the Westland man in the black hooded sweatshirt and a black last week whenthree armed men broke lice said. A dog in the house survived a leg, the police report said. scarf that partially covered his face. into a house in south Westland, in what gunshot to its chest and was treated by The victims told police the three Amateur boxing: Top.Detroit and police described as an apparent attempt a Iwal veterinarian, Haigh said.. armed intruders wanted money and A second intruder was descrilH'd nf suburban amateur boxers meet to rob two men in the house of money The two men had been sleeping in- drugs, though the victims didn't have IS to 21 years old, 6 feet. 170 pounds and drugs. the house when the lnk§ter man awoke any. » and wearing a black hood and a red Wednesday at the Laurel Manor A 21-year-old Wcstland man received after hearing someone outside the front scarf over his face. a gunshot wound In his right leg during door yelling "police." _ One of the victims told police he had in a fund-raiser to support the re A third intruder was described as 18 the 4:57 a.m. Incident,Monday In the formerly sold drugs, but that he had novation of a new boxing gym./1C to 21 years old, 5-feet-Jt. 180 pounds 29000 block of MatthewTftorthwest of The door was thcrt kicked in, and stopped selling them about six months and wearing jeans, a black hood and n Van Born/and Middlebelt roads, But he .three black males entered the, house, ago. • r • • , scarf. ., was treated and released at Annapolis police reports said,. One of them shot The Incident remained ju'nder investi INDEX Hospital vin Wayne, Wcstland polfcc the dog when it began barking. A police' gation last week, Haigh saul All three carried handguns, the vic Sgt. Donald Haigh said, ' rc|K>rt didn't describe the dog. One of the intruders was described as tims told police. « • Classifieds 8ec8.n,C,n Street 8ccno. 7A Auto ... Sees. C,D Personals . 8A Top cheerleaders Jjappy birthday Crossword . BB Sport* 1C Tnslc. IB '-'?-•'-"A 90th birthday party will be held for Kitty Employment , . .C Two John Glenn High School cheerleaders, Kclli PLACES&FACES Travel I2A McKinhey, longtime community activist, Sunday nf index 4B Tortl and Jackie Oxford, were named to the National Real estate . .Sees. B ternoon, Sept. 20, in the Bailey Recreation Center, on Cheerleaders Association's AH-American team. Thoy Ford easl of Newburgh, directly behind City If alb were plcjced after 160 students took part in a summa .Youth Chamber Singers, part of a youth program at ry workshop at Saginaw Valley College.

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