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BY DARREU CLEM host the event at 2 p.m. STAFF WRITER,, Saturday, Sept. 9, to raise money for Wayne-Westland Calling all M*A*S*H charac­ Special Olympics and World ters. Medical Relief, a Detroit-based Surely somewhere in organization that helps impov­ Westland there's a'Hawkeye erished veterans. Pierce, Radar O'Reilly, Hot Lips "We're looking for teams to Houlihan or even a Corporal compete," said Joseph L. "Larry" Klinger. Tebor, Bova post commander. Modeled after the old televi­ Trophies will be awarded to sion show and movie, the first-place teams in each event, M*A*S*H Olympics are coming but the main trophy — a gold- to Westland for a charity fund­ painted bedpan — will go to the raiser. team that accumulates the most Get ready for races with points. wheelchairs, hospital gurneys, Already, Westland City crutches and bedpans filled Councilman James Godbout with what'organizers call a has issued a challenge, saying he TOM HOFFMEYER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER urine-looking substance — OK, is helping organize a team that Greg Miller (from left), Tiffany Boyer, Jeanette Russell, Sharon Phillips and Linda Leary have several things in common. They're all longtime employees beer. may be hard to beat. of Buddy's Pizza in Livonia. The Bova "VFW Post 9885, on Hix Road south of Warren, will - PLEASE SEE GAMES, A4

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atmosphere keep them at Buddy's BY STEPHANIE ANGELYN CASOLA schools. It's definitely some­ STAFF WRITER thing to be proud of." BY SUE MASON CLOSE TO HOME He's a member of the pizza line, bak­ Jay Young, director of com­ STAFF WRITER ing and cutting the pizzas and making Livonia Public Schools earned munity relations, agreed. "It's a She's also among a select group at the sure they go to the right place. mostly A's and B's last week, positive thing going into a new Tiffany Boyer of Westland has to store that have two things in common - He's also a pretty popular guy in the when the state released its 2006 school year," he said. School admit the best part of her job is tasting they've all worked there for at least 10 morning when he makes a pizza to test School Report Card data. begins in the district on Sept. 6. what she makes. years and they all live in Westland. the oven. Someone has to eat his cre­ The report, made public Coming in at the top of the Her co-workers call her a super salad Boyer's been there 10 years and ation and it's his co-workers^ Thursday, included letter grades report card with "A" grades maker, but she also whips up a mean admits she doesn't see herself as a 20- "It's still good after all these years," he for each school and Adequate were: Adams, Buchanan, Cass, spaghetti sauce and soups. Not her own year employee, especially since she's said of the job, admitting that when he Yearly Progress status - a Cooper, Grant, Hoover, Hull, recipes, mind you, but good just the studying to be a nurse. She admits she's hired in, he didn't expect to be there 22 requirement under the federal Johnson, Kennedy, Nankin same. picked up some cooking tips from years. "It was a good opportunity. It's No Child Left Behind Act. - Mills, Randolph, Roosevelt, "I don't know who comes up with the LaVerne Hatchett, who creates most of steady work, no layoffs. I'll always work The district, which serves the Taylor, Tyler, Washington and recipes, but they're delicious, like the the Buddy's recipes and uses them at in this industry." northern part of Westland, had Webster elementary schools, . tortilla soup," said Boyer. "It's spicy and home. Linda Leary started a year before scores that included 18 "A" Holmes and Riley middle has zing-.We serve it with chips and it's "It's a family style," she said. "It's my Miller. Hired as a waitress, she also has schools, 9 "B" schools and one schools. become quite popular." home away from home." worked as a bartender during her 23 "C" school. The "B" schools included: Boyer is just one of a host of workers Greg Miller has reached and exceeded years there. "I think it's a positive for our Cleveland, Coolidge, Garfield, at the Buddy's Restaurant and Pizzeria that 20-year milestone. He's been work­ "It's fun," she said. "When they hired school district and our schools," Hayes and McKinley elemen­ on Plymouth Road in Livonia who work ing behind the scenes since 1984. He me, I was married arid I needed a part- said Sheila Alles, director of tary schools, Emerson and Frost to keep the chain one of the nation's five was working at another business when time job. Now I'm a single mom and I'm academic services for the'dis­ middle schools and Churchill best pizza places as determined by the v his brother, Chris, got him in the trict. "It showcases outstanding Food Network. Livonia store. PLEASE SEE BUDDY'S, A4 academic achievement m our PLEASE SEE MARKS, A4

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Voting on a contract Markarian asked the item to sphere, and they usually fall between <; High Country Fall by Marqarei for the district's paraprofes- tenths, and she'd lost her ben­ covering a group of employees be clarified. July and early September, but; the. Maron - A'summer mystery set in sionals, his wife got a pay efits. Still, he apologized to the was different. Trustees "have "It just made it seem like it actual days vary greatly from region North Carolina. raise. public and said he "would cer­ the responsibility to vote on was a gag order, which is not to region. The Lake, the River andthe Other Bailey's wife is a part-time tainly bow out in the future." the issue. I would encourage what it was meant to be at all," The term itself was coined by the Lake by Steve Amick - A psychologi­ paraprofessional at Emerson Several fellow board mem­ you to vote," he told Bailey. she said. Ancient Romans, who called these cal thriller set in Michigan. Elementary and he brought up bers told Bailey that, rather Trustee Kevin Whitehead days "canjculares dies" (days of the Historical fiction will transport a his recent vote during a board than abstaining, he should 'GAG ORDER' REWRITE said the idea is to realize that dogs) after the constellation of Canis reader to another place and time, discussion of the school board vote on such contracts. On another board policy board members, even when Major within which Sirius (The Dog perfect for summer reading. Try members' Code of Ethics at a "The MASB (Michigan issue — the board vision that they say "in my opinion," can Star) is found. As the hottest and Daughter of Fortune by Isabel meeting Monday. Association of School Boards) could be read to restrict board give some people the impres­ most humid days of summer general­ Allende or Zorro, the Legend Begins A portion of that code says, assured me it's not a problem," members from speaking pub­ sion they're acting as a ly coincided with the period when also by Allende. Glimmering Girls: A ''Board members in all situa­ said Trustee Cynthia licly on issues — trustees spokesperson or that some­ Sirius rose/set with the sun, they Novel of the Fifties by MerrillJoan tions refrain from using their Markarian, whose husband agreed that paragraph should thing has been "discussed and believed that heat from Sirius was Gerber transports readers back to position on the Board of also works for the district. "As be rewritten. decided." This policy makes a increasing the heat of the sun (from life in the 1950s. Education for personal and/or a board, we set parameters for It currently says: "I will be delineation. Wikipedia, the free online encyclope­ If you have not read the classic dia). family gain of any nature." negotiations but we're not an advocate for the board, not "This makes it sound like, Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns, a "It never even dawned on involved in negotiating strate­ a spokesperson, using the fol­ you know, shut up," said Practically speaking it means we historical novel set in the country in me" that the vote could be gy-" lowing definition: an advocate Trustee Steve King, "And I only have a few more days to feel Georgia, summer would be a great considered personal gain, She noted that there are addresses the public state­ won't shut up." relaxed before school starts and al! time to read this wonderful book. Bailey said. "Should I have checks and balances, since the ments that have been support­ Freeman agreed that he also the busyness begins.- So spend a few Don't forget, try something new by abstained? 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Fishing fine for city's 7th annual derby . There was a time when Westland parks and recre­ ation officials thought they would have to cancel the Fishing Derby, but Mother Nature had a different idea. The morning showers stopped in time to register youngsters and start the seventh annual event on time. Sixty-two kids participated in the derby, held Aug. 19, in weather that was "perfect" for fishing, said Margaret Martin, parks and recreation program supervisor. "The fish were biting like maniacs," she said. "We've never had kids in the contest catch more than 20 fish like we did this year." The derby was held at Friendship Lake in Central City Park, and the number of young fishermen was a comfortable number for the event, Martin said. "We usually sell out at about 75, anymore than that makes it too crowded around the lake and then , the fishing isn't fun anymore," she added. This year there also were enough raffle prizes that every contestant received one. The prizes included books for children under age 5, and Concrete Jungle skate park bottles, T-shirts and passes as well as passes to the Bailey Center pool for older children. Three youngsters won the grand prizes of fishing poles. Among the not so surprising things to happen was Youngsters worked as quickly as they could to catch fish from Friendship Lake during the seventh annual fishing derby. Jennifer Drum winning a plaque. She's won either first- or third-place in her age group every year we have been running the fishing derby. She was also the first child to show up at registration. V." As for the event ... "It was incredible and spectac­ •x t. ular," she added. The top fishermen were: Ages 5 and under - Mary Biasutto, 5, was first with 16 fish, followed by Connor Kelley, 4, with 15 fish, and Joshua Andres, 4, and Gabriel Nelson, 3, S"' who tied for third with 10 fish each. Ages 6-7 - First was Ashley Darden, 6, with 12 fish, followed by a second-place tie between Eric Mullins, 6, and Dylan Schweninger, 7. both with nine fish. Third place also was tie between Madison Moss, 7> and Cole Nelson, 6, who both caught six fish. Ages 8-9 - First was Derek Osenroth, 8, with 21 fish, followed by a second-place tie between Zachary Prysdale, 8, and Cole Sanlor, 9, both with 20 fish. In third was Tim Bolinger, 8,15 fish. V: * Ages 10-14 - First was Andre Samborski, 14, with w "i * « 27 fish, followed by Caleb Samborski, 12, with 19 .^"C/Jk, *; fish and Jennifer Drum, 12, with 16 fish. *>> -*- -.w^v* Martin had a special thank you for Perpetual *• •^V*-?' "-•"•* ^f^»i Praise Ministries which sponsored the hot dog H-JJ t lunch and the Westland Fire Department which Some of the winners of the derby show off their plaques, or in the case of grand prize winners, their fishing Youngsters had different techniques for catching and provided the first aid services. poles, following the awards ceremony. landing their fish.

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"We have cliques and they're age of the gift card sales to do you see your former co-work­ different ages, but it's not fun things with the employees. ers come back " said Leary. FROM PAGE A1 unusual for them to leave We've taken them bowling, "They never go away, they just work and all go to the bar/' she had a Christmas party at Joy .leave for the 'real world.'" working more than ever." said. "It's a very close staff that Manor. They allow us to do a How long they will stay, the "Linda's got a lot of regulars works together. You usually lot of things you normally group doesn't really know, who enjoy coming in to see don't see that." couldn't do." except for Boyer, but they can her," added manager Jeanette Another longtimer is Sharon But the thing she likes most take heart in the fact that their Russell, who's worked for Phillips, who started out with as a manager is that there's employer has been around a Buddy's since 1993. "We just Buddy's 17-18 years ago. She "always an answer at the end bit longer. Buddy's is celebrat­ hired her daughter, so she's began as an assistant manager of the phone." ing its 60th anniversary. following in her mother's foot­ at the store on Northwestern "It's kind of nice as opposed The business started as a steps." Highway in Farmington Hills, to sink or swim," she said. blind pig in Detroit in 1939, Russell did five weeks of did a few years at the Livonia There's another longtime but it was in 1946 that the training at the Buddy's store in store and opened one in employee, Cookie Cicerelli, name and the food were con­ LABOR DAY SAL Dearborn before coming to the Dearborn before returning to who also hails from Westiand, nected. That's when the origi­ Starts Monday, Aug 28th-Sept. 4th, 2006 Livonia store. Livonia as its general manager but jury duty kept her from nal Sicilian pizza was intro­ three years ago. duced at the original location ^ chiming in. But no matter, her T FRIENDS AT WORK "I had worked previously as colleagues covered all the at Conant and Six Mile in Detroit, which remains open. USDA Select Whole Working at the restaurant a manager for another restau­ bases. for so many years has fostered rant, but Buddy's is the best," "Another crazy thing you see a sense of camaraderie, she she said. "Their flexibility is when you've been in a job in BONELESS 61| wonderful. We get a percent­ NY 5 said. the same place for so long is [email protected] | (734)953-2112 STRIP °«'y lb. [Sliced Free) centage of students with limit­ one piece of information that Because elementary students MARKS ed English proficiency who allows us to focus on continu­ across the district are in the took the middle school MEAP ous improvement" process of relocating from K-6 FROM PAGE AT test, fhe district was granted , Staff members across the schools to either K-4 lower or Farm fresh '* and Stevenson high schools. its appeal on this matter. district will use the MEAP 5-6 upper elementary build­ Franklin High School came Alles said: "They had incor­ scores and information as part ings, the state has so far agreed CHICKEN in lowest with a "C." rectly counted the students." of their School Improvement to allow Livonia Public Schools The district also met its Letter grades and AYF status Team efforts to "incorporate to "start over" the process of LEG Only overall AYP requirement, depend heavily upon student strategies and help students be tracking its AYP progress. The which states that all public performance on the reading more successful," Alles said. student population - and their QUARTERS schools must meet or exceed and mathematics portions of With the district undergoing MEAP scores - will be redis­ (Sold in 10 LB Bag for $4.90) academic standards set by the state standardized Michigan changes from the Legacy tributed from now closed ele­ state, including a graduation Educational Assessment Initiative - which involves mentary or middle schools to a rate for high school students Program tests. At least 95 per­ closing seven buildings - new configuration of buildings. \ and an attendance rate for ele­ cent of all students must take school officials are working Still, Alles said, the current mentary and middle school the tests, which are given from with the Department of information shows that "our Bone In students. grades 3-8 and 11. Education and discussing next teachers are doing a good job Alles said the original report "I am pleased with our over­ year's requirements of NCLB teaching and our principals are CENTER < mistakenly showed that the all student achievement and and the state's Education Yes! providing valuable instruction­ CUT PORK * district's middle schools failed school performance," said mandates. The programs al leadership." 0n, to meet that requirement - due Alles. "This is only one picture require districts to show con­ tinued improvement each year. CHOPS y to a miscalculation of the per- of student performance. It is [email protected] I (734) 953-2054 (10 LBs or more)

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They spontaneously blared and fireworks At the time Kilpatrick was in the middle of were that again this summer — just when it erupted the second outfielder Larry what seemed to be a tight race for mayor recognize a cry for help that they hadn't was needed most. against Freman Hendrix. The comment dur­ given enough attention. Maybe, someone This was a hot, angry, uncomfortable sum­ Herndon caught the ball which ended the ing a debate with Hendrix was meant to be mer and not just with regard to the weather. provocative. It was meant to tweak the nose who is using will seek out the help they Here in metro Detroit, many of us, from 1984 World Series. Or the way old Tiger of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks jilifiM auto workers to flight attendants to school Stadium shook to its foundation after Patterson and smack back at all those stereo­ need. teachers, either lost our jobs or worried we types about the drug-addled youth of Detroit. It was also meant to bolster soon would. The world was no better what home-grown pitcher Frank Tanana shut don't all come from a certain background. ^ t with the continuing conflict in Iraq and new Kilpatrick's image as the true They don't all hang on the street or travel in ^ conflict in Israel and out the Toronto Blue Jays in that playoff- black defender of Detroit with gangs. Nor do they all pass a needle in a rest*-* j Lebanon, three countries clinching, end-of-the-season game in Hendrix cast as the suburb's room or a fraternity house. where many of us have loved candidate. They come from great homes with loving t*; ones. 1987. The comment drew the parents and from broken homes with no par­ Yet, despite those very real usual umbrage of local offi­ ents. They come from poverty where they *- tragedies and regardless of cials. Kilpatrick got what he commit any crime to feed their habit and they^ what happens this fall, this stopped caring and the next generation did­ wanted in the exchange and, come from affluence and secretly spend their-; will also be remembered as n't want to know. The Pistons, Red Wings of course, in the election. It money to escape their boredom through ^ the summer when metro and Lions (at least two of them more consis­ Hugh wasn't that close a contest drugs. They are brilliant and dull, black and %+ Detroiters enjoyed a renewed Gallagher after all. white, and most of them know where it can *£ Wayne tently successful) long ago challenged the romance with the local base­ hold the Tigers once held over our hearts While the quote was as end and still they keep doing it." ' *J Peal ball team. and minds. Patterson said "irresponsible" A newspaper story can bring attention to a** It was once like that every That changed this summer, maybe for and full of political hyperbole, it was also a problem and say "Here it is, this is what's In­ summer, whether the Tigers good, maybe just for the moment. reminder that the drug problem does exist in going on with some people here in town." - were contenders or not, One remembers plen­ For a lot of us, a period of adjustment the suburbs. Maybe, someone will see the story and recogss- ty of warm, long ago nights when the voices of lingers even with this rekindled romance. That was driven home recently in Livonia nize a cry for help that they hadn't given ££> broadcasters Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey Ty Cobb's statue may sit outside Comerica with a number of what police suspect are enough attention. Maybe, someone who is %% drifted out into the street — welcome, if invis­ Park, but old, now-shuttered, Tiger Stadium heroin-related deaths. Wayne County in gen­ using will seek out the help they need, JJ ible, guests in every passing car. is still home to his ghost, and the Babe's and eral has been plagued by the ready availability Sadly, many addicts don't think they have a *» It's not that the times, or the Tigers, were the light tower struck by Reggie Jackson's of a deadly combination of heroin and the problem. While they are taking, they aren't — always good. But even when things weren't massive All Star Game home run in 197L painkiller Fentanyl. likely to listen either to preaching or cold sci- <**• they gave us something to share no matter Even current broadcasters Jim Price and As a newspaper, it is our job to report the ence. They tend to be self-absorbed and selfisfS* what our race, religion of culture, no matter Dan Dickerson, enjoyable as they can be, are news, no matter how unpleasant. That's the tough part. We hope we are *S whether we lived above or below Eight Mile no match for Ernie and Paul — and, to their Our Livonia Observer ran a story by doing the right thing by exposing this prob- 22 Road, and no matter which of the Big Three credit, they'd be the first to tell you so. reporteFban West on the death of Brian lem, but it's unlikely we can make a differ- *g automakers helped put food on our families' Still, that's nostalgia and, no matter how Montes, a 19-year-old student at Michigan ence. There are too many reasons why and >£ tables. hard and self-consciously major league base­ State University, who died of a suspected none of them fit into any of our easy assump-j> When times were good for the Tigers they ball tries to market its past, nostalgia must heroin overdose in June. tions. *i were really, really good for us, too. One give way to fresh memories, fresh moments. His family courageously shared their story, We moralize, we legalize, but we rarely getK remembers the way the car homs sponta­ That point was made during one recent, their anguish about a son they knew had . to the nub of things. 1* neously blared and fireworks erupted the sec­ harrowing trip down yet another clogged, become withdrawn but did not suspect he was In Dan West's story he quotes a haunting r? ond outfielder Larry Herndon caught the ball construction-barrel-cluttered Detroit free­ using heroin. poem written by Brain Montes that speaks to which ended the 1984 World Series. Or the way. "It was such a shock to us because we had the insight Montes had into his own situa­ way old Tiger Stadium shook to its foundation "Hey, papa," called out my 6-year-old, no idea he was using heroin until the police tion: "I am above sleep/So long as there are after home-grown pitcher Frank Tanana shut heretofore NASCAR fan, son. "Let's put the told us," said his mother, Diane Montes, a substances/To abuse and friends/Who look out the Toronto Blue Jays in that playoff- ballgame on." youth minister at St. Genevieve Catholic the other way." ,. clinching, end-of-the-season game in 1987- My old friend — and his new friend — was Church. The best we can do is try not to look the They were moments, which, rationally, back and life did seem a little better all the Police say heroin is relatively cheap now. It- other way. But neither can we blame our­ shouldn't matter at all. Emotionally, however, way home. can be cut many times and still pack a punch. selves when someone else makes so danger­ they gave us a sense of place, a sense of It is being used by some instead of the more ous a choice. w* belonging — and that mattered a lot. ' Wayne Peal is editor of the Southfield Eccentric. You expensive cocaine. The Tigers didn't go away in the two can write him at 805 E. Maple, Birmingham, 48009, If Kilpatrick's comments have a bit of truth Hugh Gallagher is the managing editor of the Observer decades since then, but they didn't give us too send him e-mail at [email protected] or send in them, beyond the nasty politics, it is that Newspapers. He can be reached by phone at (734) 953 • many moments like that, either. him a fax at (248) 644-1314. drug addicts don't look a certain way. They 2149 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Eventually, even the diehards (like me)

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