Canton a Kid? Whether It Was People Throughout the District Tation Some 3040 Times
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S T A R T R E K " Look inside for JSA vuKEKEND ENTER TO W IN MONEY TECH: SCI-FI TIGERS TICKETS B E C O M E S SAVING hometownlife.com s REALITY Coupons USA WEEKEND M others Day In parenting lore, mothers and fathers are frequently heard telling their children, "Wait 'til you have children one day!" And then those children inevitably find them selves channeling their own parents once they have children of their PRICE: $1 • SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013 • hometownlife.com own. So here's what the Plymouth Observer wants to know in ad vance of Mother's Day: W hat rules, sayings, advice or other parent ing methods do you District waits as bond vote looms channel from things your own mother said By Brad Kadrich Other districts seek bonds, A10. was OK’d, officials estimate week, and attendance — nobody to you when you were Staff Writer they’ve made their bond presen showed up for one at Canton a kid? Whether it was people throughout the district tation some 3040 times. They’ve High School, while only a half- "Do as I say, not as I do" Once an informational flier as they could reach to provide spoken to PTO groups, township dozen turned out at the Plymouth or "Wait 'til your father went home with students Fri details of how passage of the boards, chambers of commerce Cultural Center — was sparse, gets home!" we'd like day, it was all over but the wait bond will affect the district. and service clubs. Some of those at best. to hear about it. ing for Plymouth-Canton Com “We certainly have made a val efforts have proved tangibly “The Canton meeting was on E-mail your examples munity Schools officials hoping iant effort at getting the word successful — several members our own ‘turf,’ and we typical to Plymouth Observer they did enough to convince vot out, with signs and fliers, con of the Canton Township Board of ly do better off-site at a meeting editor Brad Kadrich at ers to pass a $114.4 million bond versations, emails,” said board Trustees and the Plymouth Com center,” said Jeremy Hughes, bkadrich@hometown- Tuesday. President John Barrett. “We are munity Chamber of Commerce the district’s superintendent. life.com for a story that Administrators and Board of hopeful, obviously, because this have come out in support — “Thinking positively, I hope will appear on Mother's Education members have been is much-needed to keep the dis while others have had less obvi it means people are already Day. Include a JPEG working since late February, trict competitive in the 21st cen ous results. informed and have made up photo of you and/or when the board passed bond lan tury.” For instance, the district con their minds.” your mom, if you'd guage and approved the May 7 In slightly more than two ducted two well-publicized like (just make sure to election date, to talk to as many months since the bond language town hall-style meetings last Please see BOND, A2 identify the folks in the photo). We'll use as many of the examples and photos as we can. Deadline is Tuesday, May 7. Field poised T o w n h a l l for city run; Plymouth-Canton Community Schools officials will present Z term -lim ited C the district's Education and Racial Equity polidy at a town hall meet By Matt Jachman ing 7 p.m. Wednesday, Staff Writer May 15, in the large board meeting room at With the filing deadline less than two Canton Township Hall, weeks away, four candidates, including 1150 S. Canton Center two incumbents, have announced their in Canton. bids for four seats on the Plymouth City 6 The meeting, spon Commission. sored by the Plymouth- The terms of four people on the sev Canton Citizens for en-person commission, the city’s pri Diversity and Inclusion, mary legislative body, expire late this will explain how the year, and with two of those commission policy was written, how ers barred by term limits from seek it will affect the commu BILL BRESLER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ing re-election, the commission will nity and what students The Plymouth Cultural Center's new geothermal system, installed by Ryan Jahnke of Thermo Source in have at least two new members after the and parents can expect October 2010, cut the facility's natural gas bill by more than 80 percent and is set to save even more. November election. to see as the policy is Incumbents Mayor Dan Dwyer, elected implemented. A ques- to a four-year term in 2009, and Commis tion-and-answer session sioner Diane Bogenreider, elected to a will follow the discussion. two-year term in 2011, both say they are Anyone wanting to City finds savings in in the race. Only Bogenreider has filed find the policy (Policy candidacy petitions, however. No. 2660.03) can visit Daniel P. Dalton, who is on the city’s the district's website at Economic Development and Brownfield www.pccs.k12.mi.us. Commission, and Oliver Wolcott, chair For more informa geothermal system man of the Downtown Development tion, e-mail plycandci® Authority, also have taken out petitions, gmail.com. but have not returned them to Clerk Lin By M a tt Jachman its construction, is promis for the Zamboni ice-groom da Langmesser’s office. Staff Writer ing energy savings of $96,580 ing machine. a year. Deadline looms LWV m eeting The Plymouth Cultur The three-year guarantee Energy recycling The filing deadline is 4 p.m. Tuesday, The League of al Center’s new geothermal period began Wednesday; if “Instead of paying for ener May 14. Would-be candidates must be Women Voters will hold system, which cut the facili annual savings fall short of gy multiple times, we’re registered Plymouth voters and need an informational meet ty’s natural gas bill by more that mark, Thermo Source reusing energy we already the signatures of at least 25, but no more ing about some of the than 80 percent, is set to save will cut the city a check for paid for,” recreation director proposed changes to even more as the city enters the difference. Steve Anderson said Friday. Please see FIELD, A3 Michigan's public schools a guarantee period with the The system works by cap Excess heated water is on Thursday, May 9, at 7 company that put it together. turing heat energy from cooled naturally in the sys p.m. at the Livonia Civic The $1 million system was water as it’s chilled for arena tem’s closed loop of 45 geo Center Library. installed in 2010 and Ther ice, then using it elsewhere thermal wells, where the Cultural experience mo Source, the Sylvan Lake in the building: to heat the tem perature is a constant 56 energy consulting compa building during cold weather, degrees, then recalled for ny that designed it and was to heat water for locker room INDEX the general contractor for showers and to heat water Please see GEOTHERMAL, A2 Community Life... B6 Crossword Puzzle C2 Education.......... A4 Health.............. B11 Homes.............. C2 Jobs.................. C1 Small aircraft lands on Ann Arbor Trail Obituaries.......... B10 Services............. .... C3 By M a tt Jachman west of 1-275, around 1 p.m., known what forced the pilot Sports............... .... B1 Wheels............. ... C4 Staff W riter officials said. to land. The aircraft had been Police Chief Tom Tider- hauled away within 90 min- ' An ultralight “gyrocopter” ington said the male pilot utes of the landing. © The Observer & Eccentric made an emergency landing avoided hitting any vehicles Tiderington said the Fed Volume 126 • Number 77 in eastern Ply/nouth Town on the road, and the gyro eral Aviation Adminis Artist Kyla Suchy of Plymouth paints the ship early Friday afternoon. copter was quickly moved tration was contacted but "Birth of Venus" on the veranda of D&M ______ CO There were no injuries. to the side of the road. Ann didn’t come out to investi Art Studios in Canton as part of a "meet- (866) 887-2737 The one-person aircraft Arbor Trail did not have to gate, as the aircraft did not and-greet" event promoting Canton's third - fj had just taken off from be closed to traffic, the chief meet the agency’s definition ‘annual Acts of Culture Week. The celebra •555"== Mettetal Airport in Canton said. of an airplane. tion winds up today (Sunday) with a "Cinco - ..- £ 41304 Concept Dr. Township when it landed on Tiderington did not know De Mayo" performance by the Michigan Plymouth Ml 48170 Ann Arbor Trail near But the pilot’s home town. [email protected] Philharmonic. For details, please see the ternut Avenue, which is just It was not immediately (313) 222-2405 | Twitter: ©mattjachman story on page A3. Stop by my office for a free insurance quote to find out how Allstate can help protect you. No one knows Cheryl Bowker Agency (734) 738-0300 the local com m unity 5972 N. 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