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AUGUST 7, 2014 • Hometownlife.Com of WOMAN INSIDE TODAY's NEWSPAPER COMMON BOND: PEANUT BUTTER STARS IN REGIONAL RECIPES f o o d . b io BIKER EXCITEMENT ON TWO WHEELS SUBSCRIBERS, FIND YOUR COPY THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2014 • hometownlife.com OF WOMAN INSIDE TODAY'S NEWSPAPER New trash days begin in Westland on Monday By LeAnne Rogers services. recycling collection. Residents S ta ff W rite r The council was offered two will no longer be able to use financing alternatives for the their existing containers for Some Westland residents nearly $1.6 million tab for the trash collection — the city will have a new trash day be­ trash carts. Council approved suggests using those contain­ ginning next week — the first using the Capital Improve­ ers for compost. of several changes to the city’s ment Fund with a 10-year re­ Residents who wish for a solid waste program. payment from the Sanitation smaller trash container can Packets outlining the Fund at 2.5 percent interest. request a 64-gallon cart for changes were mailed to homes The alternative was private trash. last month, including maps financing for seven years at The fee schedule approved with the route changes. Resi­ 3.2 percent, which would have by council, effective Sept.l dents can also check their new cost about $10,000 more than when the cart collection be­ trash, compost and recycling the internal financing. gins, includes $60 annual collection day at The wheeled carts, which leases for a second 96-gallon mynewbin.cityofwestland.com. are picked up by trucks with container for larger house­ Council voted Monday to automated arms, are being holds. approve financing for 27,750 assembled at the Department Other fees include $10 for new wheeled trash containers of Public Services for delivery one to three bulks items that along with fees for collecting this month. do not fit into a can or $25 for Colin Hill with Midwest Sanitation helps assemble the new wheeled extra trash, large item pick­ The 96-gallon trash cans are carts at the Department of Public Services yard on Marquette, s u e m a s o n ups and other trash related similar to the carts used for See TRASH, Page A2 Evans wins over Wild, is ready Haidous elected to ‘move county forward’ to county Westland mayor received commission 24 percent of votes By LeAnne Rogers By Kurt Kuban Staff Writer Staff Writer With no Republican candi­ Warren Evans took his date in the race, Democratic share of shots from political primary winner A1 Haidous opponents the last couple of has effectively been elected weeks, but he never lost his 11th District Wayne County focus on winning Tuesday’s Commissioner. primary election to become Haidous carried 44 percent the next Wayne County exec­ of the vote, or 3,497 votes, in utive. Evans, who overcame the district, which includes plenty of mudslinging and two Wayne, a portion of Westland, lawsuits that attempted to get Belleville, Sumpter Township, him removed from the ballot, Van Buren Township, Huron cruised to victory, earning Township and Romulus. about 46 percent of the vote - Jeremy Cady, a Wayne and beating his nearest oppo­ County Sheriff’s deputy, re­ nent by about 20 percentage ceived 3,109 votes for 39 per­ points. cent. In third place was 19th It is a dominating victory District Court officer William for Evans, a longtime law Collop of Wayne with 1,347 enforcement official who has votes for 17 percent of the previously served as Wayne total. County sheriff and Detroit’s “I ran a good clean cam­ police chief. While he still has paign. I focus on what I offer to win November’s general and why I am running. I am election against Livonia’s proud of that,” Haidous said. John Dalton, who won the Elected Wayne mayor in Republican primary Hiesday, 2001 after two terms as a it would be a monumental councilman, Haidous is the upset if he were to lose in the only person to serve as mayor heavily Democratic-leaning after the charter was amended county. to have the mayor directly At his election night party elected by voters. Previously, held in Detroit, Evans the part-time position was thanked his many supporters filled with council appointing and told them he is ready to one of their members. move the county forward. He “It was a little different spoke of all the talented peo­ campaigning in seven cities. I ple in Wayne County and of enjoyed it,” Haidous said. “I i discussed a lot of issues. See EXECUTIVE, Page A2 There are a lot of similarities. It was quite an enjoyable ex­ perience.” As he waited for election results Tuesday night at the Wayne Community Center, Schoof, Cicirelli to be honored by Westland Lions Club Haidous said he wanted to thank his family and friends By LeAnne Rogers clude State. Sen. Glenn An­ as state representative. for their support. Haidous and S ta ff W rite r derson (D-Westland), West- “We have had the golf out­ land Mayor William Wild, ing for 30 years. It’s our big­ See HAIDOUS, Page A2 Two Westland women are Westland Councilman Bill gest fundraiser,” Lion Ken being honored with the Pure y Johnson and community activ­ Sharp said. American Award presented ist Mack Mayfield. Held at the Polo Fields Golf 11TH COMMISSION by the Westland Lions Club at A former Westland council- and Country Club in Ann Ar­ DISTRICT their annual golf outing Mon­ Cicirelli Schoof woman and Westland’s first bor, the golf outing is expect­ day, Aug. 11. woman mayor, Cicirelli is the ed to generate more than Unofficial results for Wayne, Eighteenth District Court port and dedication to the only person to have served in $11,000 for the Lions Club winner is in black: Judge Sandra Cicirelli and community. all three branches of city gov­ charities. Jeremy Cady....................298 Westland City Clerk Eileen “This is the fourth or fifth ernment — legislative, exec­ Forty-year Lions members William Collop......................256 DeHart Schoof are the 2014 year for the award,” said Lion utive and judicial. George and Sandy Cooley will Al Haidous___________ 754 recipients of the award, which George Marvaso. Previous Prior to being elected West- recognizes unwavering sup- recipients of the award in­ land City Clerk, Schoof served See LIONS, Page A2 INDEX llll min O bserver & E ccentric © The Observer & Eccentric h e m « t e w n l i l « , c o m. |V Volume 50 • Number 23 Business................ A8 Hom es.................. B6 Services................B6 111 A 0ANNITT COMPANY Crossword Puzzle.... B7 Jobs......................B6 Sports.......... ........ B1 531 74 10007 8 Entertainment........ B9 Obituaries............. B8 W heels........ ........B6 P R I C E : $1 Home Delivery: (866) 887-2737 | Return Address: 29725 Hudson Dr., Novi Ml 48377 Food....................B10 O pinion...............A12 Home Equity Loans C o m m u n i t y Made Easier * F i n a n c i a l *Variable rate of 2.50% Annual Percentage Rate (APR) is based on a $25,000+ line of credit and 80% Loan to Value (LTV). 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A pole barn contain­ The fire was reported When firefighters “At this time, the cause ing a motor home was at 11:30 a.m. after a arrived five minutes is undetermined.” destroyed and an apart­ worker mowing the lawn later, Eggers said the The second fire had ment was damaged as at the home spotted roof on the pole barn been reported at 11:12 Wayne-Westland fire­ smoke. was completely gone. a.m. in a first-floor unit fighters responded to “The homeowner had “Our crews on the at the Birch Hill Apart­ separate blazes within been doing monthly scene did a fantastic job ments, 116 S. Hubbard, just over 15 minutes maintenance on the mo­ preventing the fire from also in Westland. Saturday morning. tor home and had pulled reaching the house,” The two residents of Located at 7566 N. it out of the pole barn,” Eggers said. the apartment were not Hix in Westland, the Eggers said. “It was directly at­ home, Eggers said, but property loss for the “He had been running tached to the house with smoke detectors alerted 44-foot pole barn, which it. He had just pulled it a breezeway and con­ neighbors to the fire. included an office, kitch­ back into the barn and nected to the attic. Our The cause of the fire en and work bench, was attached a triple charger crews made a trench cut hasn’t yet been deter­ set at $400,000. to it. The fire was report­ in the roof of the breeze­ mined but it was con­ “It was really an ex­ ed about 10 minutes lat­ way to stop the fire from tained within the kitchen tension of the house.
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